Integrated Pest Management for Raspberries

A Guide for Sampling and Decision-Making for Key Raspberry Pests in Northwest Washington

 

RASPBERRY CROWN BORER
Pennisetia marginata

 

Acknowledgements

Nooksack IPM Advisory Committee

Introduction

Dormant and Pre-Bloom

Bloom/Pre-Harvest

Harvest Period

Post-Harvest

Insect Identification Sheets

Insects that Damage Buds and New Growth

Western Raspberry Fruitworm

Obliquebanded Leafroller

Root Weevils Commonly Found in Raspberry Fields

Spider Mites

Miscellaneous Caterpillars on Raspberries

Less Common Leafroller Pests of Raspberries

Miscellaneous Insects on Raspberries

Raspberry Crown Borer

Common Beneficial Spider Mite Predators

Common Beneficial Insects - 1

Common Beneficial Insects - 2

Disease Identification Sheets

Tables and Charts

Pesticide Selection

IPM Resources

Pesticides and Water
Adult

Adult raspberry crown borer (clear-winged moth). (Photo courtesy S. Fitzpatrick)

 Egg

Raspberry crown borer egg deposited on the underside of a raspberry leaf. (Photo courtesy Breakey)
Overwintering

Young raspberry crown borer larva in overwintering  cell on raspberry cane. (Bark peeled back to expose the insect.) (Photo courtesy Breakey)

 Larva inside canes

Raspberry crown borer larva inside raspberry cane. (Photo courtesy A. Antonelli)
 
       
 

G.W. Menzies & C.B. MacConnell, WSU Cooperative Extension Whatcom County
June 1998

Funded in part by: Washington State Department of Ecology through U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Section 319 Funds