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With the warm weather we have had in the region, annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) stages and generations have continued to advance quickly.
After a quiet late June and early July, ABW larvae have shown up in full force in mid-to-late July 2021.
It has continued to be a relatively quiet annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) summer. But I received several calls earlier in the month from superintendents...
As of July 1, 2021, we are seeing only moderate-to-low ABW densities and detecting mostly adults at Blacksburg Country Club, but reproduction is most certainly occurring.
In central and northern New Jersey, it is time to scout for and, if necessary, treat against the adults of the annual bluegrass weevil spring generation...
It has been some time since my last blog, which usually means lots of things have been happening in the lab and field. Although our lab has been extremely...
As of June 10, 2021, WeevilTrak annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) monitoring in Blacksburg and Charlottesville, Virginia is indicating a flush of new adults...
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...
So far, the 2021 annual bluegrass weevil season has been very close to “normal” at most of our sites compared to more than 10 years of WeevilTrak records...
We're seeing some larval activity at WeevilTrak sites in North Carolina.
In central and northern New Jersey, the annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) populations are moving along with larvae now present up to the 4th stage, exceptionally...
Annual bluegrass weevil activity from Ohio to central Pennsylvania has been relatively low this spring, but adults have been active and early instar larval...
Pulling turf plugs from the fairways at Blacksburg Country Club last week (May 5) revealed a reasonably high density of annual bluegrass weevil (ABW)...
Blacksburg Country Club owed a large burst of ABW larvae last week and larvicide applications were made at this course this week.
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...
We have added a new WeevilTrak site in the Columbus, Ohio area. The Golf Club in New Albany, Ohio is a late entry to the WeevilTrak season. This was added...
After a period of fluctuating temperatures in the month of April in Virginia so far, the growing degree days have pretty much reached the threshold for...
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