Insect Management Handbook

Including

Aerial yellowjacket (Dolichovespula arenaria)
Common yellowjacket (Vespula vulgaris)
German yellowjacket (V. germanica)
Western yellowjacket (V. pensylvanica)

Nemocestes incomptus

Operophtera brumata

Frankliniella spp.

Synanthedon bibionipennis

Includes consperse stink bug (Euschistus conspersus)

Pest description and crop damage Large, bright-green bugs, shield-shaped and flattened. They have a foul odor and may contaminate berries at harvest. The machine harvester can shake insects from the plants, potentially contaminating berries going into the harvest trays.

Management-cultural controls

Drosophila suzukii

For pest description, crop damage, biology, life history, sampling and cultural management

See:

Spotted-wing Drosophila: An Emerging Berry and Stone Fruit Pest

Management-chemical control: HOME USE

Twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae)
Yellow spider mite (Eotetranychus carpini borealis)

Oecanthus fultoni

Arion spp., Deroceras spp., Limax spp.

Pest description and crop damage Slow-moving, slimy animals without legs. They may climb canes and move onto berries, and become a contaminant at harvest time. They are most likely to be a problem in cool, wet summers. Slugs migrate into and under crates taken into the field before harvest; keep crates and pallets away from damp soil and grass.