A brief video on how to check your blueberry bushes for Spotted Wing Drosophila using the Trap Making Method.
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Trap Making -- Descriptive Text
The video opens to a slide with the words "Spotted Wing Drosophila Trap Making."
The scene moves to Dr. Ash Sial talking to the camera.
The scene changes to a slide with the word "Materials" then moves to show a 32 ounce plastic deli container with lid, a glass beaker with 150 milliliters of water in it, a permanent marker, a soldering iron, a roll of wire, a 20 inch piece of wire, a measuring tape, a pair of scissors, and a container of bait.
The scene changes to 100 milliliters of water being added to the deli cup and the permanent marker making a line at the height of the water.
The scene moves to a soldering iron being used to burn holes evenly into the empty deli container. The scene continues to the 20 inch piece of wire being threaded into a hole in the deli container and a knot being tied in the end of the wire. The process is repeated on the opposite side of the container.
The scene changes to bait being added to the fill-line on the empty deli container. The lid is securely put on the container and the trap is picked up by the wire handle.
The scene moves to the trap being placed in the fruiting zone of a blueberry bush.
The scene changes to the contents of the trap being poured over a fine mesh into an empty deli container. The trap is checked for remaining flies.
The scene moves to a close up of Spotted Wing Drosophila flies on the fine mesh.
The video ends with the UGA Extension logo.
(c) 2014 University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
UGA Extension
Department of Entomology
