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Archive: April 2015

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Adult Populations Peaking in WeevilvilleApril 24, 2015

The lights are on and just about everyone is home. The past two weeks have brought more consistent spring-like temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic and coincidentally...

New
Spring's FlingApril 24, 2015

Black ice and snow flurries kicked at western New York Wednesday morning, reminding us of the vagaries of spring. A step back into cooler temperatures...

Weather, Adult Emergence and Plant PhenologyApril 23, 2015

It has been very cool and wet the last few days in northern New England. The weather has stalled the accumulation of degree days and the development of...

Migration PlantationApril 20, 2015

Last week marked the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. The afternoons were marked with warm sun and many different plants in the landscape were...

This is Only the Tip of the IcebergApril 20, 2015

Our lab spent much of the week looking for annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) adults, and trying to get a handle on where the majority of the adult population...

Annual Bluegrass Weevils in New EnglandApril 17, 2015

Annual bluegrass weevils (ABW) are finally on the move in New England. We visited a site about 20 miles from the University of Massachusetts campus earlier...

Double DownApril 8, 2015

As expected, the warm Easter weekend shook things up in the mid-Atlantic from a growing degree day (GDD) and phenological indicator standpoint.

Adults in the Rough, Fine Turf is Next and Perimeter SpraysApril 7, 2015

Albeit slowly, we have started to accumulate growing degree days (GDD). Currently, the Maryland sites have about 30 GDD. Sites in Philadelphia and Southern...

The Calm Before the StormApril 1, 2015

As spring-like conditions slowly make their way back into the Northeast, we can consider this the "calm before the storm". We have not yet accumulated...

“Frozen” in Time – April Fools’?April 1, 2015

As encouraging as it was to see some adult Annual Bluegrass Weevils (ABW) last week, if for no other reason than to get ourselves calibrated to begin...

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