These materials are relatively soft on beneficials. There are a number of other labeled materials that will give good control. Several growers have indicated continuing problems with pepper weevils. Most reports indicate pressure has been fairly constant at low levels although the recent cold weather appears to have reduced numbers considerably. A few worms are still being reported across the area.
Reports indicate seeing mostly southern armyworms.
Low levels of aphids are being encountered widely across the area in a variety of crops. Whiteflies remain at fairly low levels across SW Florida although several respondents have indicated that populations were beginning to climb in older tomato fields that are nearly finished. Cold temperatures appear to have reduced populations to some extent, although the whiteflies will probably reemerge as conditions begin to warm up. A partial listing describes whitefly capability to complete its lifecycle on the host plant and relative population density on the host. In general, disease pressure has been low as might be expected under the dry conditions that have prevailed this season.