American Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) : Pest Management
Integrated Pest Management for Cranberry
- Best Management Practice GuidesFrom UMass Cranberry Station. Covers crop and pest management, cultural and resource management, pesticide, and renovation and construction.
General Insect Management
- Cranberry Pest Management in WisconsinPublication from the Learning Store, UW Extension Publications.
- Early-season Flooding for Pest Control(by S. Steffan et al.) Presentation summary article from the 2012 Wisconsin Cranberry School Proceedings (pages 24-28)
- Removal of Arthropods in the “Spring Trash” Flood(by S. Steffan et al.) Article from the August 2012 (Vol XXV, Issue 7, pages 3-4) Cranberry Crop Management Newsletter
Moths that attack Buds, Flowers or Fruit
Fireworms
- Blackheaded Fireworm (Rhopobota naevena naevanaHbn.)
- Hill Fireworm (Tlascala finetella Wlk.)
- Red-striped Fireworm (Aroga trialbamacullella Chamb.)
- Sparganothis Fruitworm (Sparganothis sulfureana Clem.)
- Spotted Fireworm (Choristoneura parellela Rob.)
- Yellow-headed Fireworm (Acleris minuata Rob. = Peronea minuata Rob.)
Spanworms (inchworms or loopers)
- Big Cranberry Spanworm (Abbotana clemataria S. & A.)
- Black spanworm/blueberry spanworm (Macaria argillacearia Pack.
- Chain-dotted Geometer/yellow cranberry looper/spanworm (Cingilia catenaria Drury)
- Cotton Spanworm (Anavitrinella pampinarea Gn.)
- Cranberry Spanworm (Ematurga amitaria Gn.)
- Eupithecia spanworm (Eupithecia miserulata Grt.)
- Green Cranberry Spanworm (Itame sulphurea Pack.)
- Rannoch Looper (Itame brunneata Thunb.)
- Small engrailed spanworm/saddleback looper (Ecotropis crepuscularia D. & S.)
- Spiny Looper (Phigalia titea Cram.)
- Variegated orange spanworm (Epelis truncataria Wlkr.)
Cutworms (fam. Noctuidae)
- Armyworm (Cirphis unipuncta Haw.)
- Atlantic cutworm (Polia atlantica Grote)
- Black Cutworm (Agrotis ypsilonRott.)
- Cranberry Blossom Worm (Epiglaea apiata Gr.)
- Cranberry Cutworm(numerous species)
- Fall Armyworm (Laphygma frugiperda S.& A.)
- False Armyworm (Xylena nupera Lint.)
- Rear-humped green fruitworm (Amphipyra pyramidoides G.)
- Speckled green fruitworm (Orthosie hibisci G.)
- Spotted Cutworm (Amathes c-nigrumL.)
- Zebra caterpillar (Ceramica pictaHarr.)
Hairy Caterpillars
- Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar = Porthetria disparL.)
Fruitworms
- Sparganothis Fruitworm (Sparganothis sulfureana Clem.)
- Cranberry Fruitworm (Acrobasis vacinii Riley= Mineola vacciniiRiley)
Other common moths
- Bagworm (Fumea casta Pallas)
Other Insects that Attack Foliage and Fruit
- Cranberry Sawfly (Pristiphora idiota Norton)
- Cranberry Tipworm (Dasyneura vaccinii Smith)
Weevils
- Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatusFabr.)
- Cranberry Flea Beetle
- Cranberry Weevil (Anthonomus musculusSay)
- Obscure Root Weevil (Sciopithes obscurus)
- Root Weevil
- Strawberry Root Weevil (OtiorhynchusovatusLinn.)
- Rough Strawberry Root Weevil (Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus Geoze)
- Woods Weevil (Nemocestes incomptus)
Blunt-Nosed Cranberry Leafhopper (Euscelis striatulus Fallen)
Southern Red Mite (Oligonychus ilicis McGregor)
Insects that Attack the Stem
Cranberry Girdler (Chrysoteuchia topiaria Zeller)
Scale Insects
- Cranberry Scale (Aspidaspis oxycoccus Woglum)
- Dearness Scale (Rhizaspidiotes dearnessi Ckll.)
- Eriococcus Scale (Eriococcus azaleae Comst.)
- Latania Scale (Hemiberlesia lataniae Signoret)
- Lecanium Scale(Lecanium corni Bouche)
- Oystershell Scale (Lepidosaphes ulmi Linn.)
- San Jose Scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus Comstock)
Cranberry Spittle Insect (Clastoptera saint-cyri Prov.)
Insects that Attack the Roots
Grubs
- Cranberry Root Grub (Lichnanthe vulpina Hentz)
- Cranberry Rootworm (Rhabdopterus picipes Oliv.)
- Cranberry White Grub (Phyllophaga anxia Lec.)
- Grape Anomola (Anomala lucicola Fab.)
- Striped Colaspis (Colaspis costipennis Crotch)
Nematodes
- Sheath Nematodes (Hemicycliophora sp.)
- Spiral Nematodes (Helicotylenchus sp.)
- Stubby-root Nematodes (Trichodorus sp.)
- Stylet Nematodes (Tylenchorhyncus sp.)
- Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Management Handbook: Nematodes