SWD Best Practice Management Guideline 2025
SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA / suzuki-asynvlieg (SWD)
BEST PRACTICE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINE
Monitoring of SWD is required to determine the population numbers (absence/presence) and dynamics (trends) of SWD in a particular area to initiate management practices and evaluate whether controls implemented are effective. Monitoring primarily takes place using traps baited with various lures (see TRAPS section), but fruit sampling for damage assessment is also critical since trap catches rarely accurately reflect potential levels of infestation and may lag
fruit infestation and damage.