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ABW adult season is close to the end – let’s recapOctober 6, 2022

We expect that ABW adults will not rebound, marking the end of our season for monitoring this pest at this location.

Another peak of ABW adults just passed, however the season isn’t over yetAugust 29, 2022

There is still time for more adults to come into the system before colder conditions set here in Central and East Virginia, so we might see an increase...

Finding late instar immatures, and the adults are still hanging aroundJuly 27, 2022

We continue to recover immatures from our soil core samples, indicating that some adults are expected to emerge throughout the next two weeks.

ABW adults in the rear mirror, immatures are coming nextJune 27, 2022

Immatures have been detected from our soil plug samples since the past two weeks. This is an indication that immatures are already present in our system...

Lower number of adults, late instar immatures showing upMay 23, 2022

Our data indicates that affected golf courses might start seeing the new flush of adults as soon as sometime during next week, or during the first week of June.

Difference in ABW adult activity based in localityApril 18, 2022

All we know so far is that Richmond is ahead of our Williamsburg location, and control tactics have been tailored to follow scouting data. Proper timing...

Higher growing degree day accumulations may promote ABW activityApril 4, 2022

ABW are already present in all monitoring sites located in central and east Virginia. We highly encourage you to actively scout for ABW adults, considering...

Annual bluegrass weevil already active in Richmond, VirginiaMarch 15, 2022

We are gearing up to start a new monitoring season for ABW here in Virginia.