The first trap capture of SWD for the season has been reported in Dutchess County. At one site 2 SWD were caught in a jar/drowning trap in sour cherries.
Thanks to Hannah Tolz and Anna Wallis for servicing these traps.
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SWD First Trap Capture – Albany County
The first trap capture of SWD for the season has been reported in NY State for 2024! In Albany County, at one site 10 SWD were caught on a sticky card trap. These traps were in flowering raspberries and blackberries, with ripe strawberries nearby.
Thanks to Natasha Field for servicing these traps.
Update on Monitoring and Management of SWD for 2024
This article on the new Berry Pest Monitoring Network Blog provides a few reminders about monitoring and management Spotted Wing Drosophila:
New Blog – Action required!
We're moving! Beginning with the 2024 growing season, we're introducing a new blog, the NY Berry Pest Monitoring Blog.
To keep receiving SWD and other berry pest updates, you need to subscribe and confirm your email! To subscribe to the new blog, visit the website link and click on 'Subscribe by Email' on the right hand menu. Next, check your email. You will receive a confirmation email, and you'll need to click the link to confirm.
Why the change?
There are a few reasons for the change. First, this new blog will allow us to include other berry pests in our monitoring and reporting efforts across the state, including Cranberry Fruitworm (CBFW), Cherry Fruitworm (CFW), and Blueberry Maggot (BBM). These three pests were ranked highest for other problematic insect pests on your farms from poll responses of growers in winter 2023-24 conducted at regional winter meetings and on the SWD blog. They have the potential to cause significant damage to berry crops, primarily blueberry. They can each be monitored using a unique trap with a pheromone or scented lure to attract the target insect. Monitoring can be used to detect pest activity in specific locations and identify the best windows for management. Rose chafers also ranked highly. However, the traps for this pest can often draw more insects to the monitoring location, so we are not including this in our current efforts.
Survey Responses: What other insects are problematic on your farm?
Responses from berry growers in winter 2023-2024. Surveys were conducted at regional winter meetings and on the SWD blog.
| Weighted Value | Pest | Rank |
| 18.2 | Cranberry Fruitworm | 1 |
| 16.9 | Rose Chafers | 2 |
| 16.0 | Cherry Fruitworm | 3 |
| 13.8 | Blueberry Maggot | 4 |
| 12.1 | Mites | 5 |
| 9.4 | Aphids | 6 |
| 8.9 | Leafhoppers | 7 |
| 7.4 | Japanese Beetles | 8 |
| 6.2 | Sap Beetles | 9 |
| 3.9 | Other - gall wasps | 10 |
We are also now able to report regionally, rather than just at a county level. Nature rarely pays attention to boundaries like county lines. To account for more specific regional microclimates, we will reporting trap captures at a more local level. The new system will use a new dynamic map (on the homepage of the new blog), which is searchable by region, specific location, date, and time frame. We recognize the importance of protecting privacy, therefore GPS coordinates used in reporting will be truncated to be approximate.
The blog will also give us more flexibility, enabling us to manage information more efficiently. While data management behind the scenes should be (mostly) invisible, a more streamlined approach will help us serve the industry more effectively.
Over the the 2024 season, we will do our best to report information in both locations to avoid any missed coverage. But the most up-to-date information will be on the NEW Berry Pest Monitoring Blog. We're also working to migrate information to the new blog and connect data collected in 2024 and future seasons with the database used in previous seasons, so that we have a uniform, comprehensive set of data.
Thank you for your patience in this transition! Please visit the NY Berry Pest Monitoring Blog to subscribe and receive seasonal updates!
Any comments or feedback, please send to Anna Wallis at aew232@cornell.edu.
Thank you to everyone that has contributed to developing the new blog, monitoring and reporting system, and who continues to support berry pest management across the state and beyond!
SWD SCRI Project – Webinar for Stakeholders February 12-13
The Sustainable SWD Management SCRI Project Team will be holding a virtual meeting on February 12-13, 2023 (Online via zoom). All stakeholders are invited to attend to hear research updates and provide feedback. This team has been collaborating on sustainable SWD management research and outreach for three years. The project is in its fourth and final year in 2024. Below is a detailed agenda and information to register. We hope you can join us!
FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING of the SWD SCRI PROJECT TEAM with the ADVISORY BOARD & STAKEHOLDERS
February 12-13, 2023 (Online via zoom)
Moving from crisis response to long-term integrated management of SWD: A keystone pest of fruit crops in the United States
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Specialty Crop Research Initiative
Day 1: The SWD SCRI project team will provide updates on the research objectives for year three to the advisory board members and stakeholders. We will also hear from stakeholders and advisory board members on their experiences this year.
Day 2: The SWD SCRI project team will discuss projects and protocols for year 3. There will be an opportunity for stakeholders to provide feedback/input on previous protocols as well as upcoming planned protocols.
Registration link:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YwWk-iBvRsWFw6Y--ROVhA
Registration is unique to each participant and helps us capture valuable participation data. Each participant should register individually.
For any new participants, the previous meeting can be viewed on the project website: Sustainable Spotted Wing Drosophila Management (swdmanagement.org)
This national team of scientists, with support from the USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative, seeks to advance the development of sustainable, integrated management strategies for spotted wing drosophila, SWD, based on biology.
First AND Sustained Trap Catch Suffolk county
We have reached sustained trap catch in Suffolk county, in a drowning jar trap that was placed in a raspberry planting.
First catch in Clinton county
A single female SWD was trapped in Clinton county in a drowning jar trap. The trap was set in a blueberry planting.
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.
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/.
