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Archive: May 2015

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Asynchronous is the Word of the Day - All Stages Present in Northern VirginiaMay 29, 2015

Things have certainly accelerated quickly in the Mid-Atlantic and in certain instances, some damage that we typically don't see this early from ABW, became...

Heat and Drought Hit the NortheastMay 28, 2015

Much of the Northeast is in a moderate drought. According to the National Weather Service, so far this spring precipitation is about 40 percent less than...

New
Superintendents SupremeMay 22, 2015

The greatest assets of WeevilTrak™ are the golf course superintendents that host the sites where data and observations are collected to provide information...

ABW update from New JerseyMay 22, 2015

It has been a busy spring ABW season with 19 experiments on five golf courses. Meanwhile, all five populations I've been working with are ready for larvicide...

Preparing for Larvicide Applications in PennsylvaniaMay 21, 2015

We have had a rapid change in the development of our annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) populations in Pennsylvania since my last blog entry (though it appears...

Rapid FireMay 19, 2015

The last two weeks have been a whirlwind in the Mid-Atlantic and we've seen rapid change in Weeviltrak stage changes. In fact, we've seen sites that were...

New England is Warming UpMay 15, 2015

The warm weather this past week pushed degree day accumulations and plant phenology very quickly in New England. We went from Forsythia "half green-half...

Degree Days are AccumulatingMay 7, 2015

Much of New England has enjoyed a slow start to the spring, with temperatures remaining well below the five year average. But the weather pattern shifted...

Northern VA and MD ABW updateMay 7, 2015

Somewhat summer-like conditions this past week in the Mid-Atlantic have "opened up the flood gates" on many fronts on the golf course and have brought...

ABW PeakMay 4, 2015

Since all of the locations I am monitoring have moved into Stage 1 or beyond, and adult activity of the spring migration has peaked or is past peak, we...

Weevil update from PennsylvaniaMay 1, 2015

The past week was relatively cool in most parts of Pennsylvania, with only a few Growing Degree Days (GDDs) being accumulated. Our research sites in...

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