Spotted Wing Drosophila Resources

Videos and Recorded Webinars about Organic Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila

Links to websites about Spotted Wing Drosophila

Extension Publications

• Sial, Ash et al. Management Recommendations for Spotted Wing Drosophila in Organic Berry Crops. 2023. University of Georgia Extension. Originally published in 2018, revised in 2023. Available at https://secure.caes.uga.edu/extension/publications/files/pdf/B%201497_4.PDF
• 2021 ranking of insecticides for their performance against spotted-wing Drosophila. Developed by applied entomologists managing this pest in California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, and Washington. Available at https://www.eorganic.info/sites/eorganic.info/files/u461/SWD%20rankings%20document%202021.pdf
• Petran, Andrew. 2017. Spotted Wing Drosophila: Biology, Behavior and Organic eOrganic Article. Available at https://eorganic.org/node/23509
• Petran, Andrew, Mary Rogers, Bill Hutchison and Eric Burkness. 2017. Organic Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila University of Minnesota Extension. Available at https://www.eorganic.info/sites/eorganic.info/files/u461/SWD_bulletin_draft6.pdf
• Leach, Heather, Matthew J. Grieshop and Rufus Isaacs. 2016. Integrated Strategies for Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila in Organic Small Fruit Production. Michigan State University Extension. 2016. Available at https://www.canr.msu.edu/ipm/uploads/files/SWD/MSU_Organic_SWD_factsheet_Dec2016.pdf
• The following lists of wild and cultivated plants that have been obsereved to be hosts for Spotted Wing Drosophila were published by members of the NIFA OREI project Development and implementation of systems-based organic management strategies for spotted wing drosophila in October, 2016:
  • Quick reference list of SWD host plants
  • Detailed list with references of SWD host plants

Journal Articles

Articles in bold are fully open access papers that do not require a journal subscription. Links to articles not in bold contain access to abstracts and, in some cases, additional information.

• Huang, J., R. Isaacs, J.K. Wilson, Reliable mass production of Ganaspis kimorum (Hymenoptera: Figitidae), a larval parasitoid of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae), Journal of Insect Science, Volume 25, Issue 2, March 2025, 5, https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieaf024
• Hopper, K.H. Wang, X.-G., Kenis, M., Seehausen, L., Abram, P., Daane. K. M., Buffington, M., and Hoelmer, K. A. 2024. Genome divergence and reproductive incompatibility among populations of Ganaspis near brasiliensis. Evolutionary Applications. Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae090
• Sriram, A.,Voyvot, S., Johnson, B. C., Chowdhury, S. M., Fanning, P. D., & Lee, J. C. 2023. Mesh covers on sentinel parasitoid traps prevent Drosophila suzukii movement and impact parasitism by Ganaspis brasiliensis and Pachycrepoideus vindemiae. Published 2023. Sriram, A. et al. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 1-11. Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2023.2272227
• Beers, E.H. Beal, D., Smytheman, P., Abram, R., Schmidt-Jeffris, R., Moretti, E., Daane, K. M., Looney, C., Lue, C.-H., Buffington, M. L.2022. First records of adventive populations of the parasitoids Ganaspis brasiliensis and Leptopilina japonica in the United States. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 91: 11:25. Available at https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.91.82812
• Panthi, B. et. al. 2022. Using red panel traps to detect spotted-wing drosophila and it's infestation in US berry and cherry crops. Journal of Economic Entomology. Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toac134
• Rossi-Stacconi, M.V. Wang, X.-G., Stout, A., Fellin, L., Daane, K. M., Biondi, A., Stahl, J. M., Buffington, M. L., Anfora, G., Hoelmer, K. A. 2022. Methods for rearing the parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis, a promising biological control agent for invasive Drosophila suzukii. JoVE Journal184 e63898. Available at https://doi.org/10.3791/63898 
• Lee, J. et al. 2019. Biological Control of Spotted-Wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae)—Current and Pending Tactics. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 10:1. Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmz012
• Choi, M-Y. et al. 2017. Effect of non-nutritive sugars to decrease the survivorship of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii. Journal of Insect Physiology 99 May-June 2017 86-94. Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.04.001.
• Farnsworth, D. et al. 2017. Economic analysis of revenue losses and control costs associated with the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzkii (Matsumura), in the California raspberry industry. Pest Management Science 73:6. Available at https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4497
• Leach, H. Moses, J., Hanson, E., Fanning, P. and Isaacs, R. 2017. Rapid harvest schedules and fruit removal as non-chemical approaches for managing spotted wing Drosophila.
• Iglesias, L.E., Liburd, O.E. 2016. The effect of border sprays and between-row soil tillage on Drosophila suzukii in organic blackberry production. Journal of Applied Entomology 141:1-2. Available at https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12352
• Leach, H., Van Timmeren, S., and Isaacs, R. 2016. Exclusion Netting Delays and Reduces Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Infestation in Raspberries. Journal of Economic Entomology 109:5 2151-2158. Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tow157
• Rogers, M.A., Burkness, E.C. and Hutchinson, W.D. 2016. Evaluation of high tunnels for management of Drosophila suzukii in fall-bearing red raspberries: Potential for reducing insecticide use. Journal of Pest Science 89 815-821. Available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10340-016-0731-1
• Asplen, M.K. et al. 2015. Invasion biology of spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii): a global perspective and future priorities. Journal of Pest Science 88 469-494. Available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10340-015-0681-z
• Van Timmeren, S. and Isaacs, R. 2013. Control of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, by specific insecticides and by conventional and organic crop protection programs. Crop Protection 54 December 2013 126-133. Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2013.08.003

Conference Papers and Presentations

• Brown, J., and O. E. Liburd. 2023. Towards the biocontrol of Drosophila suzukii in North-central Florida natural areas using Ganaspis brasiliensis, March 12-15. SEB-ESA, Little Rock Arkansas.
• Daane et al. Classical biological control of the spotted-wing drosophila in USA. 2022. Entomological Society of American & Entomological Society of Canada Annual Meeting. Vancouver, Canada. Nov 2022
• Fanning, P., Johnson, B., Prade, P., Rodriguez-Saona, C. and Loeb, G. 2022. Progress towards classical biological control for spotted wing drosophila in the northeastern United States. Invited talk at ESA annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada on 15 November, 2022 as part of the symposium: Biocontrol of Drosophila suzukii: status updates on natural enemies and ecological considerations.
• Hogg, B. N. et al. 2022. Releases of Pachycrepoideus vindemiae for augmentative biological control of spotted wing drosophila. Annual Entomological Society of America meeting. Vancouver, BC, November 2022.
• Lambert, A., J. Brown, L. Daucan , and O. E. Liburd. 2023. Biological control potential of SWD with natural enemies including entomopathogenic nematodes. March 12-15. SEB-ESA, Little Rock Arkansas.
• Lee, J. et al. 2022. Areawide releases of Ganaspis brasiliensis in the West Coast. Entomological Society of American & Entomological Society of Canada Annual Meeting. Vancouver, Canada. Nov 2022
• Prade, P., and C. Rodriguez-Saona. 2023. Survey of Drosophila suzukii parasitoids in New Jersey prior and after the release of Ganaspis brasiliensis. Entomological Society of America, Eastern Branch Meeting. Providence, RI, March 20, 2023.
• Stahl, J. M. et al. Setting the stage: An overview of spotted-wing drosophila biocontrol efforts. Entomological Society of American & Entomological Society of Canada Annual Meeting. Vancouver, Canada. Nov 2022
• Yeh, D.A. et al. 2023. A Bioeconomic Model for Sustainable Control of Drosophila suzukii in Organic Blueberry Production. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting (Selected Paper Presentation). Washington D.C.