One female SWD was caught in one of four traps set in a raspberry planting in Schuyler County that was checked on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. Traps at this location are being monitored by Nicole Mattoon, technician with Dr. Juliet Carroll’s fruit IPM program, NYS IPM Program, Cornell University, Geneva. The summer raspberries are beginning to ripen in this planting.
A fruit sample of 25 fruit was collected near the trap that caught the single female SWD. No evidence of eggs or larvae were seen via microscopic examination of the fruit, nor were any eggs or liarvae found via salt flotation.
This year, with the early arrival of SWD, an insecticide treatment program that incorporates rotation of active ingredients will be essential to avoid insecticide resistance developing in this insect.