For a second week in a row, SWD were caught at a berry farm in Ulster County. Two females were caught, one each, in two traps set inside the planting during the week ending on June 28, 2018. A 20-berry fruit sample was collected and no SWD eggs were found in the fruit. An insecticide was applied to the crop after first catch was obtained last week.
At a second farm in Ulster County, first catch was seen with a single female SWD caught in one trap set in a raspberry planting; the trap on the edge of the planting caught zero SWD. Two traps set in blueberries at this location caught zero SWD.
No insecticides have been applied to this planting, yet. A 20-berry sample of raspberries was collected and 3 of the ripest fruit had eggs. Most fruit aren't quite ripe.
Traps at these locations are being monitored by James O'Connell, Ulster County Cornell Cooperative Extension.