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The ongoing short heat wave, which is supposed to last through Thursday, August 30, combined with the fairly dry conditions in the last 10 days might...
In central and northern New Jersey, the first summer generation of annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) populations have already started to show up as adults...
In central and northern New Jersey, the annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) populations are slowly approaching the adult stage. On Tuesday, June 19 at Preakness...
In central and northern New Jersey, the annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) populations are moving along with larvae now present up to the third stage. If...
Most sites in central and northern New Jersey should now be at peak adult densities on the short-mown turf, if not already slightly past peak. The heat...
In my last blog in March, I speculated about the effect of the two-week spell of very cold weather around the New Year on annual bluegrass weevil (ABW...
Another WeevilTrak season is ahead of us. I’ll be again keeping track of annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) at Pine Brook Golf Course in Manalapan, New Jersey...
For most golf courses, the annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) season should be pretty much over. In fact, at the two courses I have monitored for WeevilTrak...
In central and northern NJ, larvae of the 1st summer generation are developing and could start causing problems if they reach high enough densities. ...
In central New Jersey, annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) populations should be primarily in the pupa stage and/or the teneral (new, still reddish) adult stage...
This week I have two very different scenarios to offer, and I am scratching my head over it. In central New Jersey at Pine Brook Golf Course, adult densities...
While adult ABW densities stay high, small larvae have started to show up on fairways in central and northern NJ. In fact, at both Pine Brook Golf Course...
In central New Jersey the adult weevil may be approaching peak densities. At Pine Brook Golf Course (Manalapan, NJ) on Wednesday, April 12, I vacuumed...
Ever ridden "The Incredible Hulk" at Universal Studios in Orlando? I just did. It's not particularly high and starts out with a 45° climb that seems...
Given the severity of insecticide resistance issues with ABW and the limited number of synthetic insecticides that still work against resistant, especially...
Many people will argue that using adulticides is still necessary to at least reduce the spread of the larval stages. However, what about adulticides against...
After the busiest annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) spring season ever combined with crazy spring weather that made predicting populations rather challenging...
Just like last year, it has been a crazy busy spring ABW season with 23 experiments on six golf courses (including the usual synthetic insecticide protocols...
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