Testing the Feasibility of Using Red Sticky Card Traps to Monitor Spotted-Wing D
Laura McDermott, Team Leader, Small Fruit and Vegetable Specialist
Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture
Spotted-wing drosophila (SWD, Drosophila suzukii) continues to drive berry and cherry growers' spray schedules. Monitoring helps to determine when populations begin to build up, and therefore can help save growers spray applications in a late infestation year. This year we successfully tested red sticky card traps, baited with SWD lures, to detect first arrival of SWD in berry plantings and cherry orchards. The baited, red sticky traps provided good results for the SWD monitoring network. We found that the red sticky traps have potential for use by growers and consultants to monitor SWD pressure in at-risk fruit plantings. Grant funding was obtained, PI Laura McDermott, ENYCHP, to further test the red sticky traps and to educate growers and consultants on their use.
Testing the Feasibility of Using Red Sticky Card Traps to Monitor Spotted-Wing D (pdf; 816KB)

