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...

After the busiest annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) spring season ever combined with crazy spring weather that made predicting populations rather challenging...

This spring was unusual, though as we approach July, ABW stages appear to be more in-line with previous years. We will have completed Generation 1 by...

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...

The week of May 15 was cold, so the weevil larvae just weren't growing much. Then, on May 22, the thermostat turned up. Since the larvae would begin to...

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...

My Memorial Day Picnic was cancelled because of heavy rainfall along the beaches of Delaware. So, just like last month, I'm writing this blog during...

If you have been following the WeevilTrak blog, you know that fluctuating temperatures have made this a strange year for annual bluegrass weevil (ABW...

2016 is shaping up to be the inverse of 2015. The hot and dry conditions in May 2015 accelerated the development of larvae, and larvicide applications...

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...

One of the WeevilTrak sites we are monitoring is a charter member of the program, so we have eight years of data from Tumble Brook Country Club in Bloomfield...

It's May 6, 2016, it is pouring down rain and the soil is already saturated. I visited close to 20 golf courses this week and rain is one thing that...

Spring is finally springing in western Massachusetts, and we began to see Forsythia in the "half green - half gold" (HGHG)stage earlier this week in many...

Around New Jersey, most golf courses with adult bluegrass weevils (ABW) issues have probably by now applied ABW adulticides to control the overwintered...

All three of the sites that our lab monitors for WeevilTrak advanced to Stage 1 (Apply Adulticides) during the last week (April 18-22). These areas include...

Things are happening in southern North Carolina! In the last week or so, annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) adults have become active and we have seen increased...

ABW adult activity has certainly been anything but predictable so far this season, but that shouldn't come as any surprise to any superintendent in the...

So far, the weather this year has been all over the place. High temperatures in December, January and February had many worried that we would see record...