A single female SWD was caught in a trap set within a summer raspberry planting in Schuyler County on May 31, 2019. Raspberries aren't yet blooming, though the inflorescence has grown out from the canes.
Yes, it looks like it may be an unforgiving year for SWD in 2019. The insect has arrived early and weather conditions have been favorable for continued development across most of New York — mild temperatures, humid, moist, and rainy conditions.
Please read up on SWD to prepare:
- Cornell Fruit Resources SWD website, fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/
- SWD Management, fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/management/
- Biology and life cycle, fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/biology-and-life-cycle/
- Crops and wild hosts, fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/hosts/
- Managing SWD in raspberries, June 27, 2017 blog post
- Horticultural strategies for SWD in berries, www.hort.cornell.edu/fruit/nybn/newslettpdfs/2013/nybn1210.pdf
- SWD identification, fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/identification/
Download the new IPM guides, written by the Northeast IPM Center SWD IPM Working Group project leaders:
Spotted Wing Drosophila IPM in Blueberries, www.northeastipm.org/ipm-in-action/publications/spotted-wing-drosophila-ipm-in-blueberries/
Spotted Wing Drosophila IPM in Raspberries and Blackberries, www.northeastipm.org/ipm-in-action/publications/spotted-wing-drosophila-ipm-in-raspberries-and-blackberries/