The first SWD in Wyoming county this season was found on July 1 2022. A single female SWD was found in a drowning jar trap. Thanks to Don Gasiewicz for servicing this trap!
Author: janetvanzoeren
Sustained trap catch in Saratoga county
Sustained catch was reached in Saratoga county today June 30th. The trap is set in a blackberry planting, where the fruit are sizing up but are still green. There is a ripe raspberry block nearby to the trap.
1 male was trapped on a sticky trap, and 1 female was trapped in a drowning jar trap.
Many thanks to Natasha Field for servicing these traps!
First trap catch in Essex county
One male SWD was trapped in Essex county today, marking the first of the season in that county. The trap was set in a raspberry block, and the fly was caught in a drowning jar trap.
Sustained trap catch in Schuyler county
Sustained trap catch was reached in Schuyler county on June 28th, with 2 male SWD found in each of a raspberry and a blueberry planting, both on red sticky traps. The raspberries are ripe, which the blueberries are beginning to ripen, but are still green.
Thank you to Anya Osatuke, Harvest NY, for servicing these traps!
First trap catches in Cayuga and Onondaga counties
Five female SWD were found in jar traps in ripe raspberries in Cayuga county. One male SWD was found on a sticky trap in ripening blueberries in Onondaga county. The update SWD distribution map can be found at: https://fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/distribution/.
Sustained trap catch in Wayne county
We are now also at sustained trap catch in Wayne county. Trapping started early in Wayne, with a single male SWD trapped in a cherry block on May 10th. Then, over a month later, two female SWD were trapped there on June 21st, and another female SWD was trapped there on June 28th, bringing us to sustained trap catch.
Sustained trap catch in Suffolk county
Suffolk County reached sustained trap catch last week on June 23rd. The first SWD of the season, a total of 5 males and 4 females, were found in Suffolk county in a raspberry planting on June 16, 2022. On June 23, another 6 males and 3 females were found in the same location. These were all captured in drowning jar traps; red sticky traps were not set out at this location this year.
Thanks to Faruque Zaman, CCE Suffolk, for servicing these traps!
Sustained trap catch in Dutchess county
We reached sustained trap catch in Dutchess county on Monday June 27th, with a total of 4 male and 2 female SWD trapped in both sticky and jar drowning traps. The traps were set in cherry and raspberry plantings.
First trap catch in Washington county
We reached first trap catch in both Washington and Rensselaer counties today.
In Washington county, 2 males and 1 female SWD were trapped in a cherry orchard, in both the sticky trap and drowning jar traps.
In Rensselaer county, incidentally, 4 male and 1 female SWD were trapped in a drowning jar trap. A single SWD was found at this farm two weeks ago, but because they were not trapped in consecutive weeks, it is not yet technically at "sustained trap catch".
Sustained trap catch in Orleans county
Sustained trap catch has been reached in Orleans county today June 27th, in both a raspberry and a cherry block.
We also trapped multiple SWD in Niagara county, in both cherry and blueberry plantings. These do not technically count as "sustained trap catch", because the previous catch at these locations was on June 1st. However, it is a definite indication that SWD is present and breeding in Niagara as well as Orleans county.
Keep your fruit covered.