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bunnygarden Venice, FL May 26, 2008

ok, so my corn crop is dead now. we had to throw every single plant away. We noticed some black spots on the husk, opened one up and it was just crawling with what looked like maggots. in all the farmer knowledge and tricks that are out there can anyone tell me if there is a way to prevent this from happening? I must have had 30 plants. I was looking forward to corn on the cob too:(

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) May 26, 2008

Your description fits the sap beetle. Best control I have found is to select cultivars with long husks. Cultivars, where the ear sometimes protrudes from the shuck ( Iochief for example) they are almsot impossible to control. If you keep the ears free of earworms, you seldom have problems as they like damaged or protruding ears to attack. If you are not organic, Carbaryl ( one brand name is Sevin) works reasonably well.

http://www.ento.vt.edu/~idlab/vegpests/vegfs/cornsapbeetle.html
http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/field/corn/sap_beetles.htm http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/vegetables/insects/sap_beetle/index.html

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ly057 Port Saint Lucie, FL(Zone 9b) May 26, 2008

and i thought i was having a problem with green caterpilars.

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bunnygarden Venice, FL May 26, 2008

we meet again 057. it was pretty bad. every single ear was alive and wriggling.

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