Rhode Island Apple IPM

1999 - Current Pest Report - European Apple Sawfly

Tree stage for McIntosh:
4/6/99 - green tip
4/8/99 - half inch green
4/14/99 - half inch green plus 1-2 leaves folded back
4/16/99 - nearly tight cluster
4/21/99 - tight cluster
4/26/99 - loose cluster
5/1/99 - pink
5/5/99 - early bloom
5/6/99 - full bloom
5/11/99 - late bloom
5/13/99 - McIntosh petal fall


Trap captures above threshold in 2 blocks

European apple sawfly trap captures

Average number of adult European apple sawfly adults caught on white sticky traps in each monitored block. Averages are cummulative.
**Threshold = 5/trap of no prebloom insecticide; 9/ trap if applied prebloom insecticide**

orchard 4/28/99 5/5/99 5/11/99
Steere 0 3/trap 7/trap
Piti 2/trap 9/trap
Jaswell 0 1/trap 33/trap
Smith 0 3/trap 67/trap
Phantom 0 0/trap 63/trap
Hill 0 3/trap 19/trap
Dermksian 0 2/trap 13/trap
Lamore 0 62/trap 200/trap
Barden 0 3/trap 4/trap