11 SWD were caught during the week ending July 10, 2018 in two traps set in a raspberry planting in Niagara County, indicating sustained catch. The trap set within the crop caught 2 females and 6 males and 3 females and zero males were found in the trap set in the nearby hedgerow.
This jump in numbers is what we've been bracing for. The time of SWD population explosion is here.
Your focus needs to be on two things - management and monitoring:
- SWD monitoring, fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/monitoring/
- SWD management, fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/management/
Traps at this location are being monitored by Tess Grasswitz, Lake Ontario Fruit Program.