Can You Keep Spotted Wing Drosophila Out? Exclusion Netting Trial
Shelby Jones – Agricultural Technician, OMAFRA Pam Fisher – Berry Crop Specialist, OMAFRA Contributor: Ellen Cole Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD),Continue Reading
Information for Ontario fruit growers
Shelby Jones – Agricultural Technician, OMAFRA Pam Fisher – Berry Crop Specialist, OMAFRA Contributor: Ellen Cole Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD),Continue Reading
The government of Ontario recently announced that it will be providing financial support to fruit and specialty crop growers toContinue Reading
Spotted wing drosophila trap captures continue to escalate. Trap captures increased 150% this past week and 400% the week before.Continue Reading
Spotted wing drosophila trap captures continue to escalate. Second generation females are now active in most areas. Using a degreeContinue Reading
Spotted wing drosophila trap catches continue, predominantly in southern Ontario. In recent weeks we trapped SWD in Essex, Kent, Elgin,Continue Reading
Spotted wing drosophila trap catches continue, predominantly in southern Ontario. Numbers are starting to increase in earliest areas. Wild fruitContinue Reading
SWD is being trapped now , especially in early areas in southwestern Ontario. Growers with raspberries ripening in southwestern OntarioContinue Reading
Spotted wing drosophila adults are active already. We have found low numbers of flies at sites in Essex, Norfolk Oxford,Continue Reading
A regional monitoring program for Spotted Wing Drosophila is being coordinated by Erin Hanna, OBGA, and OMAFRA. SWD traps forContinue Reading
