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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.

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!

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.

Laura McDermott, ENYCHP found 1 male SWD in Amelanchier (Juneberries) on a red sticky trap. Females are too difficult to identify on the sticky traps, so only males are quantified in that trap type. The trap was checked on June 15th 2022. 

Rensselaer county is the seventh county in the state to catch a SWD this year.

Numbers remain very low in all counties (although creeping up in Orange Co), but stay on the alert!

A single female SWD was caught in a jar drowning trap in Schuyler county yesterday June 14th 2022. This trap is in a blueberry planting, which is being monitored by Anya Osatuke, Harvest NY.

Most blueberry fruits in the area are still hard and green, not yet susceptible to SWD infestation.

This week we trapped the first SWD for 2022 in Orange county. A total of 5 SWD (4 male and 1 female) were trapped in both sticky and jar traps, in sweet and tart cherry blocks in Orange county, on June 13th. This indicates the highest population of SWD we've seen so far this year.

The traps are being monitored by Miles Todaro, ENYCHP.

Our forth county to join the "first catch of the season" club for SWD in 2022 is Columbia County.

A single male was trapped in a sweet cherry planting. The Scentry jar trap was collected on June 7th. Tart cherries in that block (as well as many other blocks across the state) are just starting to blush. The trap is being monitored by Natasha Field, ENYCHP.

Chance of swd infestation in cherries remains low, but it's time to be on our guard.  

We also have a first trap catch for SWD in Ulster County this week. So we are now up to 3 SWD total this season, spanning from northwest to nearly southeast corners of the state.

The single female was trapped in a blueberry planting on June 1st. The trap is being monitored by Jim O’Connell, ENYCHP.