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As we have seen dwindling adult numbers as well as no sign of new larvae as we head into late September, we will stop our WeevilTrak monitoring at this...
There was a spike of new ABW adults in the first week of August at Blacksburg Country Club, but this apparently did not lead to any significant larval populations.
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.
As of June 10, 2021, WeevilTrak annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) monitoring in Blacksburg and Charlottesville, Virginia is indicating a flush of new adults...
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.
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...
Despite a cold week to end the month of March, which slowed down any adult annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) activity in Virginia, the growing degree days...
Growing degree days may not have accumulated that much in Virginia, but other indications are suggesting that a first spray application to target ABW...
As the week of March 6 has brought some warm weather to Virginia ABW have started to appear slowly.
During this last week of September, we are seeing pretty much only a few lingering adults at our three Virginia WeevilTrak locations that will likely...
ABW update for August 25, 2020 in Virginia – Adult peaks and more larvae are building up
As of the last week of July, we are seeing a mix of ABW life stages from small larvae to adults at our three Virginia WeevilTrak courses.
ABW update for June 22, 2020 in Virginia: It’s all about the new adults
The first wave of ABW larvae have done their damage.
The graphs below show the annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) adult (top graphs) and larval densities (bottom graphs) per square foot from the Federal Club...
As of May 3, 2020, good degree days (GDD) are 365, 240 and 175 GDD, respectively, as you move up in elevation from Richmond, Roanoke to Blacksburg.
As of April 18, 2020, good degree days (GDD) since March are quite variable across the state of Virginia.
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