Fires in the South, flooding in the North. In one part of the country we’re talking with turf managers about managing heat and drought stress and in another we’re already discussing disease management strategies. I begin to wonder how will this crazy weather impact Cranefly hatching? Whilst July was a fairly lacklustre month for any… Read More Will there be a North / South Cranefly divide?
Acelepryn Timings. For chafers, yes. For leatherjackets, not yet. Chafer grubs About a month ago I wrote a blog about acelepryn timing for chafers and advised waiting – but NOW is the time to apply. At the time I showed how last year we had pretty much seen the end of the chafer hatch by… Read More Acelepryn – Chafers and Leatherjackets
Chafer flight patterns are following last years pretty much exactly the same. I’ve been sent a lot of photos and videos the last week of Chafers that are flying. All the photos are of Summer Chafers but we are you are reporting sightings on PestTracker of all the Chafer species. The question I’m now being… Read More Chafers – best timing for Acelepryn
Chafer Here we are in 2020 and I’m running through the data from last years Syngenta PestTracker data and comparing it to this years. To date, sightings are pretty much the same as last year. Below are the results form last year, 2019 And here are the results so far for 2020, Cockchafer, Garden Chafer… Read More Acelepryn application advice 2020 – Chafer
NEWS: Wednesday 10th June 4pm GMT – Live Acelepryn Q and A Webinar with Henry Bechelet from ICL and me answering your questions – register here. The Emergency Authorisation for Acelepryn in 2020 has been granted only for Chafers and whilst we are waiting for the second authorisation to be approved by the EPC I… Read More Acelepryn Emergency Authorisation 2020
Well it’s started – I wrote a couple of weeks back about (click here to see …) the two distinct hatches we saw in Craneflies last year. This Spring has been painful for Course Managers and I suspect we are now seeing the true scale of the challenge we face managing this pest. We have… Read More The Cranefly Hatch 2020 Begins
Last year we launched the Syngenta PestTracker – a tool to help us gauge the when we see insects hatching in the UK. We were overwhelmed with the response from the industry with over 500 responses from you throughout the year. This information has been incredibly useful and formed part of the Emergency Authorisation application… Read More PestTracker 2020 – Cranefly Edition
Last year’s Syngenta PestTracker exercise showed far more engagement from CraneFly spotters than by Chafer watchers. Why is this? The number of reported flights tell a story- Cranefly – 460 Welsh Chafer – 21 CockChafer- 19 Garden Chafer- 19 Summer Chafer – 3 2019 did seem to be a low pressure year for Chafers, less… Read More PestTracker – Chafer edition
Last year the Syngenta #PestTracker was really well adopted by the industry and gave us a fascinating insight into the flight patterns of both Chafer and Cranefly. There are many early insights from this exercise and I plead with you to continue to engage this season. The Video shows the times reported by industry over… Read More PestTracker – The Movie
We’ve had a great response to the Syngenta PestTracker data collection project this year. Everyone who has contributed – Thank you. Whilst it has some limitations: Only enthused turf managers entering data Data concentrated to areas with higher levels of turf managers / Managed turf facilities Accuracy of how many times the data is entered… Read More PestTracker Autumn hatch
