Five female and two male spotted wing drosophila (SWD) were caught in three traps the week of June 12-19, 2013, in eastern Long Island as reported by Faruque U. Zaman, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center. Two traps were in a raspberry plantation at early ripening and one trap was 75 ft. inside the adjacent wooded area. No SWD oviposition or larvae were found after checking ripe raspberry samples from the plantation. (Accumulated GDD 650, day length 15:07)
