Pest on crop
Spotted Wing Drosophila on everbearing 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
- Everbearing Strawberry
- Total hosts
- 17
Spotted Wing Drosophila on everbearing strawberry
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Signs on everbearing 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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