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Full Speed Ahead in Mid-AtlanticApril 26, 2017

We have now officially pulled up the anchor in Northern Virginia and Maryland and ABW populations are running at full speed. We've accumulated over 200...

As Spring Weather Stabilizes in NC, Look out for ABWApril 24, 2017

Following a long, cold March, the weather has seemed to stabilize and is finally consistent with average April temperatures in North Carolina. Last week...

Its ā€œGo Timeā€ for Western Pennsylvania; Further scouting for the central regionApril 17, 2017

Significant adult movement was detected in Pittsburgh last Monday (April 10th). The most amount of adults were collected from edges of fairways, but...

Stage Notifications on the WayApril 13, 2017

As we move out of the stop and go temperatures of early spring, many sites will be seeing annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) activity increase and will be...

Get ready for adult ABW treatments in central NJ, a little later in northern NJApril 13, 2017

In central New Jersey the adult weevil may be approaching peak densities. At Pine Brook Golf Course (Manalapan, NJ) on Wednesday, April 12, I vacuumed...

Timing Peak ABW Adult Movement isn't as Easy as Watching the ForsythiaApril 10, 2017

This week, I traveled more than 1,200 miles, visiting golf courses and scouting for annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) adults in Richmond, VA, northern Virginia...

Where's Spring?March 31, 2017

It's March 30 and some of the courses in northern New England still have snow cover at 70 percent or more.

ABW NC 2017: Where to start?March 30, 2017

Weird weather breeds weird insect behaviors. That's a saying, right? This year, across western North Carolina, we had an extremely warm February with...

Weevil season underway in western PennsylvaniaMarch 28, 2017

Weevil season is officially underway in western Pennsylvania. Yesterday, (Monday March 27th) I was in the Pittsburgh area to check out the adult movement...

Turning PointMarch 27, 2017

WeevilTrak 2017 is officially "open for business." Although it stirs discussion, it should really come as no surprise to anyone in the mid-Atlantic that...

What a difference a year (or two) makesMarch 27, 2017

What a difference a year (or two!) makes! The local television weather forecaster said last night that so far the average temperature for March has been...

ā€œThe Incredible Hulkā€: ABW monitoring and the weatherMarch 27, 2017

Ever ridden "The Incredible Hulk" at Universal Studios in Orlando? I just did. It's not particularly high and starts out with a 45° climb that seems...

Fool me once…Never mind it’s Weather in the Mid-Atlantic.March 13, 2017

In the Mid-Atlantic, the weather during February 2017 was mild and drier than normal and golfers were chumping at the first tee at many golf courses on...

Two Years Sampling in North Carolina: What Have We Learned?September 19, 2016

Annual bluegrass weevil activity(ABW) in North Carolina has wrapped up for the 2016 season. Even areas that saw some moderate late-season (late August...

Where has all the damage come from?August 24, 2016

In my last Weevil Trak blog ( "Where have all the weevils gone?" ), I lamented on the fact that I might be out of a job since we had come to the end of...

ABW Season wrapping up in North CarolinaAugust 19, 2016

It looks like the ABW season is just about finished for 2016 in North Carolina. In the Beech Mountain and Banner Elk areas, ABW activity has declined...

Biological and biorational control options for ABW for resistance managementAugust 15, 2016

Given the severity of insecticide resistance issues with ABW and the limited number of synthetic insecticides that still work against resistant, especially...

Populations Winding Down and Surprise, Surprise: Damage to Bentgrass and GreensAugust 5, 2016

The recent weather pattern has been brutal in many locations of the Mid-Atlantic. We experienced hot days and warm nights with very high evapotranspiration...