With planting to begin, growers should keep a close watch on the emerging crop. One field in Kiowa County had 8.2 worms per head. In Southeast Kansas larvae averaged from 0-0.4 per head. A field in Sedgwick County had 5.0 per head. In Southwest Kansas two fields in Stanton County averaged 3.4-3.8 per head.
Numbers seem to be holding steady and no parasitism was observed.
In Butler County up to four adults per head were found. In four fields in Cowley County damage ranged from light to heavy and adults in four bloom stage fields ranged from 1-2 per head. Moderate damage was seen in a field as far west as Sumner County. A field in Riley County had one percent of the heads infested and the heads were heavily damaged. A two percent infestation was found in Labette County and trace numbers were found in Cherokee County.