Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu
Population levels found in traps throughout the state increased this past week. Small fruit growers (especially bramble and blueberry growers) will need to maintain their spray schedules for this very damaging insect pest. For more information on management of SWD in fruit, you will want to consider the following resources:
Rutgers Plant Pest Advisory – http://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/category/fruit/small-fruit/
Michigan State – http://www.ipm.msu.edu/invasive_species/spotted_wing_drosophila
Virginia Tech – http://www.virginiafruit.ento.vt.edu/SWD.html