One female SWD was caught in a trap set in a small blueberry patch in Livingston County during the week ending July 12, 2018. These traps are being monitored by Dave Thorp, Livingston County CCE, and Ryan Parker, NYS IPM, sorted through the catch to identify the SWD.
A recap:
- SWD monitoring, fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/monitoring/ – describes what you can do.
- SWD management, fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/management/ – describes what you should do.
- SWD distribution, fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/distribution/ – describes where the CCE network is finding it.
Remember, the short life cycle and 10+ generations per year will make for high pressure situations in a few weeks' time. Management, management, management...
