Spotted Wing Drosophila

Spotted Wing Drosophila(Drosophila suzukii) was spotted on my place this summer and has caused problems with some of the fruits.

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I think it was already creating problems last year but I didn’t know what it was.   There will be clouds of these fruit flies around some of the fruits, like the blackberries.

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I noticed some predators are taking advantage of the new food source and things like spiders and lacewings are increasing in numbers.