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After a quiet late June and early July, ABW larvae have shown up in full force in mid-to-late July 2021.
ABW has been and will likely continue to be one of the most intractable insect pests of fine turfgrass throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions...
All of the phenological indicators are pointing at full bloom Rhododendron as a great tool for targeting larvae before damage occurs. Throughout the Mid...
There was no clear peak of ABW adults in all of the sites I am watching for weevils along with my research sites. This made adult treatment difficult...
I have been looking for annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) adults every day since early March. On a few of the warmest days of the year so far, I have found...
2020 will go down as crazy and wild year in many factors of our lives. 2020 was a pretty temperate year for annual bluegrass weevils (ABW) as a whole...
The 2020 year has been one of uncertainties in many areas and it’s true for annual bluegrass weevils (ABW) as well.
Trying to predict annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) activity after the middle of July is like trying to predict rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic during the third...
We started to first see some annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) damage in northern Virginia and Maryland on May 22 to May 25.
In my career, I thought I had heard every question possible from golf course superintendents until this week. I had a superintendent ask me if I thought...
As many of you follow the news, you hear terms typically used in statistics classes like peak, plateau, spike, curve, and similar when trying to predict...
As the managing consultant of WeevilTrak, I am working with other scientists and we plan to do our best this year with trying to predict the best timing...
As we return from Labor Day weekend, I am hearing about and seeing, every stage of annual bluegrass weevils, in isolated spots. 2019 has been a tough...
In my visits to golf courses, populations of annual bluegrass weevils are asynchronous and have been since early June. Warmer temperatures speed up insect...
Steve McDonald shares an update on ABW damage that he's seeing in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Rhododendrons are in full bloom throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. This is a classic phenological indicator that larger (greater than third instar)...
Throughout the Mid-Atlantic we have seen or are going to see peak movement of annual bluegrass weevil adults into fine turfgrass areas. In areas surrounding...
Every spring, many superintendents ask me “Steve- what have you heard about the long-term weather forecast this year?” Typically, I chuckle. I have stopped...
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