There are reports of corn earworm in the southern region of North Carolina. The threshold for corn earworms, fall armyworms, and tobacco budworms is 8 insects per foot of row. We often use a beat cloth for sampling. Rather than receive partial control of corn earworm with pyrethroids and only suppression of tobacco budworms with this group of insecticides, we recommend that growers use more expensive insecticides that provide broad spectrum control. These insecticides are unlikely to flare spider mites. Specific details can be found in 2024 Peanut Information.