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Season openerApril 24, 2018

We are nearing the end of April and are currently running about 100 growing degree days (GDD) behind where we were in 2017 in central and western Pennsylvania...

A Very Slow Start for ABW in Southern New EnglandApril 23, 2018

The annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) season is off to a very slow start in southern New England. We are monitoring five sites for the Syngenta WeevilTrak...

They’ve Finally ArrivedApril 19, 2018

Been a long time coming, but annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) season is officially here. Because we are monitoring in completely different regions of western...

The weevils are marching in, in spurtsApril 19, 2018

In my last blog in March, I speculated about the effect of the two-week spell of very cold weather around the New Year on annual bluegrass weevil (ABW...

Let’s go alreadyMarch 26, 2018

The Turfgrass Entomology Laboratory at Penn State is looking forward to another WeevilTrak season…..whenever that may be. The recent snowfall generated...

A Tale of Two SeasonsMarch 22, 2018

Another season approaching, another Nor’easter in the forecast! This seems to have been the trend the past few weeks here in the mid-Atlantic and north...

March off to a slow, cool start againMarch 19, 2018

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...

Weevils on their way to New England soonMarch 16, 2018

Many golf course superintendents in coastal New England have three feet of snow on the ground – or more! And there are rumors of yet another storm heading...

When will the weevil come marching? Will they be 1 by 1 or 10 by 10?March 15, 2018

Another WeevilTrak season is ahead of us. I’ll be again keeping track of annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) at Pine Brook Golf Course in Manalapan, New Jersey...

Late Season Weevil DamageOctober 24, 2017

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...

Evaluate Now, Plan for Next YearSeptember 5, 2017

As the weevil population winds down in northern New England, it's not too early to plan for next year. While your memory is still fresh, ask yourself...

ABW activity winding down in New EnglandSeptember 1, 2017

This year has been unusually "quiet" for ABW activity in southern New England. At least I received very few phone calls or e-mails asking how to manage...

2017 ABW season summary and 2018 outlookAugust 30, 2017

For most golf courses, the annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) season should be pretty much over. In fact, at the two courses I have monitored for WeevilTrak...

It’s Wet! And Bentgrass Damage ObservationsAugust 10, 2017

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...

Fewer Weevils in North Carolina... For NowAugust 3, 2017

If you have been keeping up with WeevilTrak blog posts from my colleagues, you may notice that, in the last few weeks, the general consensus is that weevil...

Watch out for summer generation ABW larvae in central and northern NJAugust 2, 2017

In central and northern NJ, larvae of the 1st summer generation are developing and could start causing problems if they reach high enough densities. ...

Summer ’17 ABW reportJuly 28, 2017

My observations of the summer of 2017 very closely mirror those of my colleagues. In general, weevil damage in southern New England seems to be lower...

Second generation larval damage on the way?July 24, 2017

If I were to rank this season among previous ABW seasons, I would say that this has been one of the easier years. I have really struggled to find weevils...

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