David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Continue scouting for plum curculio in stone and pome fruits. Look for crescent shaped scars on fruits and shake branches of white drop cloths to assess presence. Late strawberries that are still blooming should be… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Plum Curculio is active and moving into smaller, or less intensively managed blocks. Peach shuck split is a good time to control them if you are at risk. We caught 17 codling moths last… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Begin scouting for tarnished plant bug on blossoms and spider mites on leaflets. Threshold for spider mites is 15-20 per leaflet at this stage. For tarnished plant bug, shake or flick flower clusters onto a… Continue Reading
– David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Begin scouting strawberry for two spotted spider mite and tarnished plant bug. With the cooler winter we had this year, mite populations may be slower. In 2020, we had strawberry plots in Georgetown with… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu This spring, cold weather has interfered with strawberry pollination resulting in misshapen berries. But there is another cause of deformed fruit: tarnished plant bug. Tarnished plant bugs are a brown to black, mottled, and small… Continue Reading
