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MA first report – one SWD found

One female spotted wing drosophila (SWD) was caught on June 10, 2013 in Massachusetts, Hampshire County, as reported by Sonia Schloemann, UMass Extension Fruit Specialist, UMass Center for Agriculture. Read more in Massachusetts Berry Notes. A female SWD has the capacity to lay over 350 eggs during her 20- to 30-day life span. The trap was set in the unsprayed edge of a farm with multiple fruit crops, closest to the primocane raspberry field. (Accumulated GDD 515, day length 15:09)

SWD female found in MA June 10, 2013
SWD female found by Sonia Schloemann in Massachusetts; inset shows the characteristic serrated ovipositor.

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