VASCM: Fwd: Vine Mealybug: if you do see it....

[Natalain Schwartz]

Prudy thanks for the update Been looking through the Vineyard underneath the bark.
bty This time of year I soak cotton balls in Boric acid /sugar slurry placed along the wire in the vineyard which keeps the ant population down also manages the host insects.


Natalain 


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> On Jun 7, 2018, at 8:21 AM, prudy foxx <prudyfoxx at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If you do see this pest in your vineyard don’t freak out - take action.
> 
> New protocols being published include a knock down spray followed by the new pheromone spray available.
> 
> We are working with local pesticide sales facilities to urge them to carry products.
> 
> There is organic protocol as well and as always this requires even more vigilance.
> 
> The VMB is tenacious and does not back down easily.  Whatever your system it will require disciplined repeated action.
> 
> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>> From: prudy foxx <prudyfoxx at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Vine Mealybug
>> Date: June 7, 2018 at 8:02:33 AM PDT
>> To: vascm mailing list <vascm at kkn.net>
>> 
>> Friends,
>> 
>> This a an excellent picture of Vine Mealybug, the ugly and very dangerous species of mealybug that is trying to find its way to our region.
>> 
>> Be on vigilant look out for this pest.  If you see significant ant activity on your vines peel away the bark and look.
>> 
>> We do not want this pest on the loose!  Note:  a key difference between the ubiquitous mealybugs  we see every year and VMB at this stage is the yellowish tinge.  
>> 
>> FYI:  This picture was taken from a vine on the fringes of our AVA (in fact outside of the AVA but close and coming from the North).
>> Friends,
>> 
>> This a an excellent picture of Vine Mealybug, the ugly and very dangerous species of mealybug that is trying to find its way to our region.
>> 
>> Be on vigilant look out for this pest.  If you see significant ant activity on your vines peel away the bark and look.
>> 
>> We do not want this pest on the loose!  Note:  a key difference between the ubiquitous mealybugs  we see every year and VMB at this stage is the yellowish tinge.  
>> 
>> FYI:  This picture was taken from a vine on the fringes of our AVA (in fact outside of the AVA but close and coming from the North).
>> 
>> 
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