This serious pest was first discovered in California in 1994 and in Napa County in September 2002.  By the end of 2004, vine mealybug had been found in 21 counties in California, including 30 vineyards in Napa County.

A  Spanish-English poster  is now available.

See these recent publications:

CDFA "Current Status" Report Jan 2007

CDFA "Current Status Report" Jan 2006

"Which Mealybug Is It?" (article from Practical Vineyard & Winery Jan 2006)

Mealybugs in CA Vineyards (tri-fold brochure)

Managing Vine Mealybug in Winery Waste (article in Wine Business Monthly, December 2005)

Striped Mealybug - A Potential New Pest of Grapes

Practical Winery & Vineyard article - May/June 2004

Vineyard Views newsletter - Jan 04 (Ed Weber)

California Trapping Update - Dec 03 (CDFA)

Vine Mealybug - Winery Guidelines (Ed Weber)

Grape Notes Sept 02 - Mark Battany

Grape Notes Feb 03 - Mark Battany

Identification of Male VMB (Mark Battany 2003)

Vineyard Views newsletter - May 2003 (Ed Weber)

Vineyard Views newsletter - Sept 2002 (Ed Weber)

Sonoma County Viticulture Newsletter Sept 2002 (Rhonda Smith)

CDFA "Current Status Report" March 2003

CDFA Nursery Advisory - Jan 2003

VMB - Insecticide trial 2002 (Walt Bentley)

VMB - A Serious New Pest in the San Joaquin Valley (1/00)

And these links:

UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines

Mealybugs in California Vineyards - A UC website with current information.

To order the UC publication"Mealybugs in California Vineyards"