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Based on the forecasted warm weather and observed ABW activities, peak adult activities are expected to arrive in the next two weeks.
First-generation ABW adults have started to emerge throughout Ohio with more coming.
As early ABW damage appears in central and southern Ohio, curative larvicides should be applied as needed before damage becomes exacerbated.
An asynchrony between ABW population development and plant phenology/GDD has been noticed this spring, making optimal adulticide application timings challenging.
ABW are seen in pitfall traps installed in roughs between overwintering sites and low-cut turf mixtures of annual bluegrass and creeping bentgrass in Ohio.
The third generation annual bluegrass weevil adults have started to appear after causing turf damage in southern Ohio, and drought may have exacerbated the symptoms.
Annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) adults are still being caught in pitfall traps in central Ohio with reduced reproduction, and larval development has been noticed.
Due to the warm weather in winter, ABW adults in the Greater Cincinnati and Columbus areas have been active earlier this year. Adulticides should be prepared...
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