Spotted-wing drosophila
Drosophila suzukii
55 host plants
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Spotted-wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) damages ripe-to-overripe berry and stone fruit by depositing eggs directly beneath the skin. Larvae tunnel through fruit tissue creating brown, sunken areas; infested fruit develops a fermented or sour smell as bacteria from egg-laying females contaminate the fruit. Berries like raspberry, blackberry, and blueberry are particularly susceptible.
Monitor ripe fruit starting in June for collapse signs. Harvest fruit promptly when ripe rather than leaving it overripe. Exclude flies with fine-mesh netting. Remove fallen fruit promptly. Spinosad and pyrethrin-based products provide good control with low residue concerns.
Quick Reference
Order
Diptera
Type
chewing-insect
Host Plants
55
Peak Activity
Year-round in WA; peaks spring and fall; trap-based monitoring
Host Plants (55)
Arbutus unedo Strawberry Tree, Killarney Strawberry Tree, Madroño Betula lenta Sweet Birch, Cherry Birch, Black Birch Cornus capitata Evergreen Dogwood, Bentham's Cornel, Himalayan Strawberry Tree Euonymus americanus American Euonymus, Hearts-a-Burstin', Strawberry Bush Fragaria \u00d7 ananassa garden strawberry Fragaria chiloensis Beach Strawberry Sand Strawberry, Chilean Strawberry Malus robusta Cherry, Crabapple Microcachrys tetragona Creeping Pine, Creeping Strawberry Pine Prunus americana Wild Plum American (Red) Plum August Plum, Goose Plum Prunus armeniaca Apricot Prunus avium Sweet Cherry Prunus besseyi Sand Cherry, Western Sand Cherry Prunus blireiana Blireiana Plum Prunus caroliniana Carolina Cherrylaurel American Cherrylaurel Prunus cascade Prunus cascade Prunus cerasifera Cherry, Plum Prunus cistena Purpleleaf Sandcherry Redleaf Sandcherry Cistena Sandcherry Cistena Plum Prunus dream Prunus dream Prunus emarginata Bitter Cherry, Wild Cherry, Quinine Cherry Prunus first Prunus first Prunus fruticosa Steppe Cherry, European Dwarf Ground Cherry, Mongolian Cherry Prunus glandulosa Dwarf Flowering Almond Prunus ilicifolia Hollyleaf Cherry, Holly-leaved Cherry Prunus laurocerasus Cherry, Laurel Prunus lusitanica Portugal Laurel Prunus maackii Amur Chokecherry Amur Cherry, Manchurian Cherry Prunus mume Japanese Apricotc Japanese Flowering Apricot Japanese Flowering Plum Prunus newport Newport Flowering Plum Prunus okame Okame Flowering Cherry Prunus padus European Birdcherry Common Birdcherry Prunus prostrata Rock Cherry, Mountain Cherry Prunus sargentii Sargent Cherry, Sargent's Cherry Prunus serotina Black Cherry, Rum Cherry Prunus serrula Birchbark Cherry, Paperbark Cherry, Tibetan Cherry Prunus serrulata Japanese Flowering Cherry Prunus snow Prunus snow Prunus subcordata Klamath Plum, Sierra Plum, Pacific Plum Prunus subhirtella Higan Cherry Prunus subhirtella var. autumnalis Autumn Flowering Higan Cherry Prunus tai Prunus tai Prunus virginiana Prunus virginiana Prunus virginiana var. demissa Western Chokecherry Prunus virginiana var. virginiana Common Chokecherry, Eastern Chokecherry Prunus yedoensis Yoshino Cherry, Somei-yoshino Cherry, Tokyo Cherry Rubus allegheniensis Allegheny Blackberry Rubus armeniacus Himalayan Blackberry Armenian Blackberry Rubus calycinoides Crinkle-leaf Creeper Creeping Raspberry Yü-shan raspberry Rubus dicolor Himalayan Blackberry Armenian Blackberry Rubus idaeus red raspberry Rubus laciniatus Evergreen Blackberry Cutleaf Blackberry Rubus leucodermis Blackcap, Western Raspberry Rubus odoratus Flowering Raspberry Purple-flowering Raspberry Rubus tricolor Creeping Bramble Korean Raspberry Rubus ursinus Trailing Blackberry Western Blackberry California Blackberry Dewberry Waldsteinia fragarioides Barren Strawberry