SWD numbers caught in traps, especially in Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and the Capital District are starting to climb up with totals nearing double digits. And, just in, first trap catch on June 27, 2019 at one of three sites in Schuyler County, Finger Lakes, totaled 10 females in a raspberry planting that has 10-20% ripe fruit. Ripening fruit will be at risk of infestation. It's time to pay attention to SWD and protect ripe and ripening fruit crops from infestation.
Details about each County's sustained catch:
- Suffolk: 6/20/2019, 5 females & 3 males, blueberry – total 8
- Suffolk: 6/27/2019, 6 females & 4 males, raspberry – total 10
- Saratoga: 6/27/2019, 5 females & 1 male, blackberry – total 6
- Schenectady: 6/27/2019, 4 females & 3 males, blueberry – total 7
Thank you for monitoring SWD in the Counties with sustained catch!
- Faruque Zaman, Suffolk County Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) and Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Laboratory
- Natasha Field and Laura McDermott, CCE Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program (Saratoga and Schenectady Counties)