Greg Loeb's lab, Entomology, Cornell University, has seen an increase in SWD adult males and females in traps in Ontario County that were collected July 16. In a raspberry planting, 4 traps caught a total of 1 male and 4 female SWD. In woods next to a strawberry planting, 3 traps caught a total of 3 male and 6 female SWD. In a blueberry planting, 3 traps caught a total of 3 female SWD. Overall, this is a likely trend toward our upswing to peak problems in August in western NY. We (Loeb, Agnello, and Carroll) have not caught SWD in traps set in the Lake Ontario region, yet. Stay tuned.
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