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As the temperature finally begins to warm up in the Pioneer Valley, we are finally beginning to see Forsythia blooming, along with star magnolias and...
I will be assisting Dr. Olga Kostromytska in monitoring seven sites in southern New England this year. Two sites are new to us, but we will also be monitoring...
Most of New England has experienced the same steady, unrelenting rain that so many of the WeevilTrak bloggers have mentioned. We have had over six inches...
The first generation of annual bluegrass weevils appears to be winding down in some parts of southern New England, and just reaching its peak in some...
After a very cool spring, the annual bluegrass weevils (ABW) are finally beginning to show up in turf samples from golf courses in southern New England.
Most of us in the northeastern states have been commenting on what a cool spring this has been so far. Now we have the data to prove it. But as temperatures...
The annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) season is off to a very slow start in southern New England. We are monitoring five sites for the Syngenta WeevilTrak...
Many golf course superintendents in coastal New England have three feet of snow on the ground – or more! And there are rumors of yet another storm heading...
This year has been unusually "quiet" for ABW activity in southern New England. At least I received very few phone calls or e-mails asking how to manage...
My observations of the summer of 2017 very closely mirror those of my colleagues. In general, weevil damage in southern New England seems to be lower...
Many of the golf courses in southern New England are approaching the end of the first generation. Samples we received this week from our WeevilTrak sites...
The samples we received from two of our cooperators (Chicopee, MA and Albany, NY) had a couple second instars in them this week. The warm weather we experienced...
March and the early part of April were quite cool, so the overwintering weevils did not start moving at many southern New England locations until last...
What a difference a year (or two!) makes! The local television weather forecaster said last night that so far the average temperature for March has been...
While most superintendents in New England appear to have gotten through the first generation of weevil activity without too much trouble, the potential...
Annual bluegrass weevils (ABW) are completing the first generation in southern New England even as I type. We are beginning to see new adults at most...
We have been processing the samples from one of our field trials this week, and have noticed some things that are a little unusual relative to annual...
Samples sent to us this week from around southern New England have confirmed that ABW larvae are finally hatching and becoming active. After several weeks...
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