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Wow- what happened to the summer!  It has been a crazy ride since the last blog post.  I didn’t mean to go 3 months in between blog entries!  (then again, not sure if people read this!) To play catch up, here … Continue reading →

Annual Bluegrass Weevil update: We have had a rapid change in the development of our ABW populations in PA since my last blog entry (though it appears we are in a slight cool down at the moment).  Early instar larvae  were … Continue reading →

Annual Bluegrass Weevil : We have bypassed Spring and gone straight into summer.  The past week has seen almost vertical climbs in growing degree days (GDDs). State College is currently at 215 GDD (Base 50). Forsythia development went from full bloom … Continue reading →

The past week was relatively cool in most parts of PA, with only a few Growing Degree Days (GDDs) being accumulated.  Our research sites in western and central PA accumulated 4 and 12 GDDs (Base 50 F) respectively, between April … Continue reading →

ABW Report Our lab spent much of the week looking for annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) adults, and trying to get a handle on where the majority of the adult population is located.  Vacuum sampling between overwintering sites and short turf … Continue reading →

It seems like many places south of Pennsylvania are a buzz with annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) activity this week.  It does seems like we are rocketing out of the slow start to spring.  So, what has the recent warm weather done … Continue reading →

Albrecht Koppenhofer (Rutgers University) and I are conducting an annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) management survey to get a better understanding of regional extent of damaging ABW populations and the tactics used to control the pest. I will be sharing the … Continue reading →

November is a time for golf course superintendents to be thinking about making snow mold applications and putting the course to bed for the year.  Even for turf entomologists, the threat of turf loss due to insect feeding seems like … Continue reading →

It appears that exotic crane flies have invaded a new territory area in North America.  I received a sample for identification from Adam Van Dyke of Professional Turfgrass Solutions based out of West Jordan, Utah.  Adam is a consultant extradordinaire, … Continue reading →

Up until this week, we had been receiving a lot of calls and e mails with concerns about turfgrass ant activity.  The warm(er) weather in central PA and throughout the region over the last two weeks seemed to explode ant … Continue reading →