SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA UPDATE: JULY 24, 2020 Click on photos to enlarge. David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist, Christina Howard, Produce Safety Professional Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit fly numbers have been increasing over the past week in most of the sites that we are monitoring. Due to various […]
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SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA ALERT: JULY 20, 2020 Click on photos to enlarge. David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist We have found spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit flies in raspberry plantings and late strawberry beds in Maine over the past week in southern Maine locations. This complements reports from other […]
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SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA UPDATE: AUGUST 30, 2019 Click on photo to enlarge. David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology; Christina Howard, Produce Safety Professional Spotted wing drosophila fruit fly numbers continue to rise at most of the berry farm locations we’re monitoring. All sites […]
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SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA UPDATE: AUGUST 16, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology; Christina Howard, Produce Safety Professional Spotted wing drosophila fruit fly numbers remained high at the berry farm locations where they have been over threshold for […]
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SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA ALERT: AUGUST 9, 2019 David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology; Christina Howard, Produce Safety Professional Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit fly numbers increased at nearly all of the berry farm locations we are monitoring in Maine this week. We are […]
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SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA ALERT: JULY 26, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology We have found spotted wing drosophila fruit flies in raspberry and highbush blueberry plantings in Maine over the past week, in most of the […]
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David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology Captures of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit flies in vinegar/yeast traps in raspberry and highbush blueberry plantings increased significantly at some locations this week, and is above threshold levels at most sites. Our highest counts of the […]
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David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology Captures of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit flies in vinegar/yeast traps in raspberry and highbush blueberry plantings are now increasing in most locations, and at most sites counts rose above threshold levels, including one site with over […]
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David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology Captures of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit flies in vinegar/yeast traps in raspberry and highbush blueberry plantings remained low in most locations, although at two sites ((Limington, Readfield) counts rose above threshold levels. (See table below.) The […]
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David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology We continue to capture spotted wing drosophila fruit flies in vinegar/yeast traps in raspberry and highbush blueberry plantings this week, but mostly in low numbers. (See table below.) While these counts may indicate that populations are still […]
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