Cooperative Extension at Highmoor Farm

SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA UPDATE:  August 21, 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 continued to increase at nearly all of our monitoring sites this week.  At this time of year, the […]

SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA UPDATE:  AUGUST 14, 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 increased significantly at all but one of our monitoring sites this week, likely the result of the recent […]

SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA UPDATE:  August 7, 2020 David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist, Christina Howard, Produce Safety Professional Click on photos to enlarge Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit fly numbers increased at nearly all of our monitoring sites this week, and we should expect higher numbers next week because […]

SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA UPDATE:  JULY 31, 2020 David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist, Christina Howard, Produce Safety Professional Click on photos to enlarge. Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) fruit fly numbers continue to increase at nearly all of the sites that we are monitoring. Trap counts this week are mostly […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]