Thrips/TSWV Stanislaus county

April 15, 2026 updateGeneral background: Just like last year, we are a little slow getting off the mark with our updates this year.  The UC ANR web platform is still giving us issues and we’ll be reporting thrips development here, at least for the start of this season . Thrips development…

General Situation Despite relatively high thrips counts in some areas, TSWV incidence remains low generally.  Planting finally wrapped up in the last couple of weeks and younger crops will remain susceptible to economic damage until fruit set.  Temperatures over the next 10 days are set to hover in…

May 23, 2025 UpdateGeneral Situation: Daily high temperatures will be sitting between the high 80s and 100F over the next 10 days.  These are good conditions for thrips development, although sustained highs near 100F will slow population growth somewhat.Thrips development: Generation 3 adults…

General Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low 70s and high 80s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development. Thrips development: Generation 2 adults will reach their peak numbers around May 14th.  Generation 3 will be…

General background: We are a little slow getting off the mark with our updates this year.  The UC ANR web platform was changed in the last month and we're having some issues migrating the old website and blogs over to the new platform.  In the meantime we're using this web hosting platform…