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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Given the severity of insecticide resistance issues with ABW and the limited number of synthetic insecticides that still work against resistant, especially...
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...
Many people will argue that using adulticides is still necessary to at least reduce the spread of the larval stages. However, what about adulticides against...
Good news for anyone monitoring for annual bluegrass weevils (ABW) in the northwestern part of North Carolina: adult activity is minimal, and little to...
The 2016 ABW season was (and still possibly is) lined up to be a very challenging year, especially with the earlier-than-normal start to the season, a...
While most superintendents in New England appear to have gotten through the first generation of weevil activity without too much trouble, the potential...
The 2016 annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) season has been all over the place since it began.
Annual bluegrass weevils (ABW) are completing the first generation in southern New England even as I type. We are beginning to see new adults at most...
After the busiest annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) spring season ever combined with crazy spring weather that made predicting populations rather challenging...
This spring was unusual, though as we approach July, ABW stages appear to be more in-line with previous years. We will have completed Generation 1 by...
We have been processing the samples from one of our field trials this week, and have noticed some things that are a little unusual relative to annual...
The week of May 15 was cold, so the weevil larvae just weren't growing much. Then, on May 22, the thermostat turned up. Since the larvae would begin to...
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