Pest on crop
Spotted Wing Drosophila on june-bearing strawberry
Drosophila suzukii
Invasive vinegar fly that attacks ripening soft fruit, unlike native Drosophila species which target overripe fruit. Now the dominant berry-and-cherry pest across the US.
- Pest
- Spotted Wing Drosophila
- Scientific name
- Drosophila suzukii
- Crop
- June-Bearing Strawberry
- Total hosts
- 17
Spotted Wing Drosophila on june-bearing strawberry
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Signs on june-bearing strawberry
- ▸ Soft sunken spots on fruit
- ▸ Larvae in apparently sound fruit
- ▸ Rapid fruit collapse near harvest
IPM controls
- ✓ Vinegar/yeast traps for monitoring
- ✓ Cold storage of harvested fruit within hours of picking
- ✓ Frequent harvest (every 2-3 days)
- ✓ Targeted sprays during oviposition window
- ✓ Exclusion netting on small plantings
Other crops affected by spotted wing drosophila
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