Donald Arendt, County Extension Education Director, Howard County Cutworm Flight Monitoring Howard County will be one of the locations monitoring black cutworm moth migrations this year by using a moth trap. The trap has a pheromone that attracts the cutworm moth.
Traps help indicate the time cutworms feed on corn.
Extension specialists will use the flights to alert producers when black cutworm larvae are likely to start cutting corn in the area, and it will be based on the date of a significant moth flight and accumulation of growing degree-days. Moths tend to favor fields with heavy crop or weed residue cover, and a significant flush of early season weed growth. Safety One of the busy times on the farm is fast approaching. It is time to think about the most important part of the farming operation, the operator. The severity of the injuries differs.