spotted wing drosophila

Cherry growers, listen up! A milder winter means pests are waking up early this year, and they’re hungry for your fruit.

The old saying is “my enemy’s enemy is my friend”; and that could be very true for tree fruit growers across the Pacific Northwest, and the entire United States. Researchers at Washington State University recently confirmed the discovery of a parasitoid wasp, a natural enemy of the spotted-wing drosophila. Betsy Be ...

As cherries continue to ripen across the Inland Northwest, Washington State University is warning growers to be on the lookout of Spotted Wing Drosophila.  According to WSU’s Tree Fruit Research Center in Wenatchee, Spotted Wing Drosophila has started to appear in monitoring traps.  The impa...

Organic growers battling spotted wing drosophila can take part in a webinar Wednesday.   The workshop will focus on findings of a multi-regional project with approved strategies, improved monitoring, cultural methods to lower SWD population, and appropriate chemical tools.  ...

As cherries turn from green fruit to straws, a WSU researcher says they are most susceptible to the Spotted Wing Drosophila.   Entomologist Betsy Beers said, “This is a pest that can cause a lot of damage in a short amount of time and it’s a little bit difficult to predict at this point how much damage you’re going to have.”   Beers said grower...