Japanese beetles (JB; Figure 1) started to emerge about 2 weeks ago, probably about a week later than in the past couple of years. As […]

The caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) has been high over the last two weeks.  Reports of fruit crop insect activity submitted to […]

Spotted wing drosophila are active- female flies were first caught last Tuesday in Southern Door and numbers have greatly increased throughout the week. They have […]

If your strawberry field just “squeaked by” this spring with a moderate crop of fruit but maybe a not-so-attractive weed problem, it may be an […]

The caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) has been high over the last two weeks.  Reports of fruit crop insect activity submitted to […]

The PDDC receives samples of many plant and soil samples from around the state. The following diseases/disorders have been identified at the PDDC from June […]

By: Brian R. Smith, UW-River Falls This past winter was truly what fruit breeders call a “test winter,” in that conditions were typically much more […]

White grub refers to the larvae of scarab beetles, including the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica), European chafer (Amphimallon majalis), and May and June beetles (Phyllophaga […]

The blueberry maggot fly was first detected in Wisconsin in the summer of 2016, and is now considered established in the state. We had reports […]

Strawberry root weevil (SRW; Fig 1) and black vine weevil (BVW; Fig 2) can be found in strawberry in Wisconsin. SRW adults are 1/5” long, […]