In my visits to golf courses, populations of annual bluegrass weevils are asynchronous and have been since early June. Warmer temperatures speed up insect...

Steve McDonald shares an update on ABW damage that he's seeing in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Rhododendrons are in full bloom throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. This is a classic phenological indicator that larger (greater than third instar)...

Throughout the Mid-Atlantic we have seen or are going to see peak movement of annual bluegrass weevil adults into fine turfgrass areas. In areas surrounding...

Every spring, many superintendents ask me “Steve- what have you heard about the long-term weather forecast this year?” Typically, I chuckle. I have stopped...

Last month, I wrote in my blog that adult and larvae annual bluegrass weevils (ABW) were tough to find, potentially due to warm, dry weather from late...

Weather extremes have made 2018 a challenging year to groom your golf course the way you want to. I have met with some frustrated superintendents regarding...

The month of May was marked by more than 10 inches of rainfall for most of the Mid-Atlantic region, and the Southern Northeast region. This weather pattern...

Many of us cannot remember a spring this cold in the Mid-Atlantic region. Many golf courses have not even sprayed a fungicide yet, and typically by this...

The March of 2018 has been a lot like the March of 2017. Snowfall, cold nights and cool days have marked the weather in the Mid-Atlantic region. Following...

September 2017 was warmer than July and August. For most of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, there was no measurable rainfall from Sept. 6 until...

Much of the Mid-Atlantic region has received plenty of rainfall the past five weeks. I am hearing yearly totals in the Philadelphia area above 22-25...

The past month has been fairly slow for ABW activity. I have had more conversations with superintendents that are just not seeing the populations of...

Let me start this blog by saying that the annual bluegrass weevil continues to give us a roller coaster ride and not one year is the same. Currently in...

We started to find consistent densities of annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) larvae in untreated check plots throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern...

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...

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...

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...