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2017 ABW season summary and 2018 outlookAugust 30, 2017

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...

It’s Wet! And Bentgrass Damage ObservationsAugust 10, 2017

Much of the Mid-Atlantic region has received plenty of rainfall the past five weeks. I am hearing yearly totals in the Philadelphia area above 22-25...

Fewer Weevils in North Carolina... For NowAugust 3, 2017

If you have been keeping up with WeevilTrak blog posts from my colleagues, you may notice that, in the last few weeks, the general consensus is that weevil...

Watch out for summer generation ABW larvae in central and northern NJAugust 2, 2017

In central and northern NJ, larvae of the 1st summer generation are developing and could start causing problems if they reach high enough densities. ...

Summer ’17 ABW reportJuly 28, 2017

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...

Second generation larval damage on the way?July 24, 2017

If I were to rank this season among previous ABW seasons, I would say that this has been one of the easier years. I have really struggled to find weevils...

Where are all of the Weevils?July 20, 2017

The past month has been fairly slow for ABW activity. I have had more conversations with superintendents that are just not seeing the populations of...

Mid-Atlantic Report: Shifting FocusJuly 7, 2017

We've reached the point in the season in the mid-Atlantic when we tend to see more of the damage associated with annual bluegrass weevil larvae feeding...

All quiet on the western frontJune 30, 2017

The last week of May was a very busy time in North Carolina in terms of ABW management. At both northern and southern sites, adult and larval numbers...

June ABW Update for Southern New EnglandJune 26, 2017

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...

First Generation Weevil Update from Northern New EnglandJune 22, 2017

It's June 21st and the first generation of ABW is over for many courses.Overall, those that followed the WeevilTrak program had good results controlling...

ABW spring generation close to complete in central and northern NJJune 20, 2017

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...

Is the worst over?June 19, 2017

We are nearing the end of the 1st generation larvae in many locations between Ohio and central Pennsylvania. ABW damage was very apparent during the...

First Round of Damage: Observations and What We LearnedJune 19, 2017

Let me start this blog by saying that the annual bluegrass weevil continues to give us a roller coaster ride and not one year is the same. Currently in...

Calm Before the Storm – Mid-Atlantic UpdateJune 9, 2017

As we lead into the unofficial start of summer here in the Mid-Atlantic, we are now having the occasional cool/cold day mixed in amongst predominately...

May ABW Update: PA and Southern NJMay 22, 2017

We started to find consistent densities of annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) larvae in untreated check plots throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern...

ABW Development Update: North CarolinaMay 19, 2017

Although the weather has continued to throw us for a loop, particularly in northern North Carolina, temperatures have consistently stayed in the 60s or...

Central PA to OH: The final push for Generation 1May 17, 2017

It has been a month since my last blog post. At that time, adulticide applications were being made in western Pennsylvania, and central Pennsylvania and...

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