An Effective, Organic Biological Control for SWD Any home berry gardener who has picked a ripe raspberry, only to find it filled with squirming white maggots will recognize the threat of Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) to both home and commercial berry production. The good news that I want to share …
Here is the beetles-eye-view experienced by a colony of HWA predator beetles (Sasajiscymnus tsugae) that were released at Biltmore Estate in Asheville NC in May 2013. The location of this release was the hemlock forest above the statue of Diana, goddess of the hunt. So perhaps she is enjoying watching …
The National Park Service reports success in its efforts to protect hemlocks by establishing long-term biological control of HWA in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. And they attribute this success to releases of the Sasajiscymnus tsugae (Sasi/St) beetle from Japan: “Researchers at UT found one of the original predator beetle …