As the strawberry growing season progresses, it is essential for berry growers to remain vigilant against pests such as thrips, tarnished plant bugs (TPB), and […]

Setting up monitoring traps and starting sampling/sweeping protocols for tarnished plant bug (TPB; Fig 1), Eastern flower thrips (ETF; Fig 2) and two-spotted spider mites […]

Please take 5 minutes to fill out this survey about management practices for spotted-wing drosophila and tarnished plant bug in berry crops. We appreciate your […]

The first spotted-wing drosophila (SWD; Fig 1) was collected June 9th in one of our monitoring trap serviced by Hanna McIntosh for our mulch study.  […]

Now is the time to set up monitoring traps and sampling/sweeping protocols for the insects that may start  showing up in berries soon. Matt Hetherington […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has increased steadily over the last two weeks and is expected to continue to increase in the near […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab remains low at this time, but has increased slightly over the last two weeks.  Insect activity is expected […]

Temperatures in the 70’s in early April helped jumpstart the accumulation of growing degree days for the year.  However, caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic […]

Tarnished plant bugs (TPB) have been present at all of our sites in and around Dane county strawberry fields for the last week or so […]

Looking forward to another field season and a Wisconsin Spring, now is the time to pay attention to our spring insects in berries and in […]