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Insect netting: What is it and how to effectively use it to protect plants from pests

Insect netting can make a huge difference to your yard, but it's important to select the correct variety, keeping in mind ...
Capital Press

Garlic oil treatment used to deter insect pest SWD

DALLESPORT, Wash. — Folklore suggests that garlic keeps vampires away. It also works against the invasive insect spotted wing drosophila, said Bridget Hatfield, a research scientist with Kemin Crop ...
Post-Bulletin

Growing Concerns: How to control the emerging fruit fly population

The number of spotted wing drosophila found in traps this season continues to increase. Spotted wing drosophila was first found in the United States in 2008 on the West Coast. It was first found in ...
WOOD-TV

How to get rid of an invasive fruit fly? Researchers look to another foreign bug

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Most Michigan fruit growers are quite familiar with the spotted wing drosophila, an invasive fruit fly that can wreak havoc on several crops if not tended to carefully.
The Spokesman-Review

Gardening: Harmful fruit insect – the spotted wing drosophila – raising concerns in area gardens

WSU Hortsense: http://hortsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu/Search/MainMenuWithFactSheet.aspx?CategoryId=2&PlantDefId=74&ProblemId=790 Recently a reader contacted me about some ...
West Central Tribune

Master Gardener Sue Morris: Dreaded spotted wing drosophila appear in berries this time of year

Recently we have been getting calls about raspberries and problems in growing them. This column has discussed a relatively new insect infecting raspberry plants, but feel this might be a good time to ...
Capital Press

No silver bullet, but researcher developing lots of ammo against invasive fly SWD

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — Christropher Adams, an Oregon State University entomologist, told growers and researchers there’s no silver bullet for spotted wing drosophila. “I’m hoping we can provide a bunch of ...