{"id":4787,"date":"2022-05-10T07:05:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/?p=4787"},"modified":"2023-02-08T14:49:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:49:29","slug":"exclusion-netting-for-spotted-wing-drosophila-swd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/2022\/05\/10\/exclusion-netting-for-spotted-wing-drosophila-swd\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusion Netting for Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you grow berry crops you’ve most likely heard of spotted wing drosophila (SWD, Drosophila suzukii<\/em>). This invasive pest has caused significant crop losses in the region since at least 2011. While there are chemical pesticides with varied efficacy, one practice that we’ve focused on is physical exclusion with netting. Pioneered in the region<\/a> by Dale Ila Riggs at The Berry Patch<\/a> and Berry Protection Solutions<\/a> in Stephentown, NY, exclusion netting structures and systems have been very effective<\/a> against SWD when implemented well. A summary article from Scientia<\/a> is also available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Crop damage is cause by adult females laying eggs in ripe fruit. These adult females have an approximately 1.0 mm diameter torso and are 2.0 mm long. Based on our experience, the netting should have openings less than 1.0 mm in at least one direction<\/strong>. A sampling of currently (2022) available netting and screen that meets this requirement follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n