Integrated Pest Management for Raspberries

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

 

INSECTS THAT DAMAGE BUDS AND NEW GROWTH
 

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

Spotted Cutworm (Amathes c-nigrum)

Cutworm Damage

Cutworm feeding damage to raspberry fruiting lateral shoots. (Photo courtesy A. Antonelli)

Mature Cutworm Larva

Mature spotted cutworm larva; most likely climbing cutworm to damage raspberry in early spring. Up to 1.5 inches long. (Photo courtesy Gray)

 Clay Colored Weevil (Otiorhynchus singularis)

Adult Clay Colored Weevil

Adult clay colored weevil.
(Photo courtesy S. Fitzpatrick)

Severe damage to young raspberry fruiting lateral shoot and foliage from adult clay colored weevil feeding.
(Photo courtesy G. Menzies).

CCWV Damage

Typical notching of raspberry foliage from clay colored weevil feeding. (Photo courtesy G. Menzies)

CCWV Damage

Leaf damage and clipped or girdled shoot (flagging) caused by adult clay colored weevil feeding. (Photo courtesy G. Menzies)

 
       
 

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