Distribution and Mapping Resources for Spotted Wing Drosophila
Statewide SWD Realtime Mapping - Maps by county for Oregon
SWD Degree Day Phenology Model - Forecasted development of SWD population by degree days
Statewide SWD Realtime Mapping - Maps by county for Oregon
SWD Degree Day Phenology Model - Forecasted development of SWD population by degree days
Prevention - This is only effective if the pest has not made it to the targeted area. Use sanitation practices to destroy fruit culls. Remove other potential SWD habitat. Promptly remove all non-marketable hanging fruit from your fields. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Pacific Northwest Insect Management Handbook -- This handbook is updated annually and provides control recommendations for a wide range of agricultural pests. Navigate through the online version by selecting the chapter of interest from the drop-down list at top left. Spotted wing drosophila is featured in the 2011 Emerging Pest chapter. Control recommendations are made in the Small Fruit and Tree Fruit chapters.
A collection of quality publications for describing the biology of spotted wing drosophila.
Life Cycle collection of photographs depicting life cycle of spotted wing drosophila, courtesy of Washington State University Extension in Whatcom County
Identification dichotomous key produced by Oregon Department of Agriculture, includes detailed photographs of morphological characteristics (June 2010)
A list of scientists conducting research funded in part by the USDA-NIFA SCRI grant.