Quarantine Pests
- Gypsy
Moth in BC - BC Ministry of Forests
- Diligent trapping survey
programs and Btk treatment procedures are in place in BC to prevent permanent
establishment of the Gypsy Moth. Be sure to visit the Gypsy
Moth History Page.
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- Gypsy
Moth in BC - Canadian Forest Service
- PFC Forest Pest Leaflet
75 (1999). A general account of the gypsy moth program in BC, plus linkages
to pages about the gypsy moth threat and quarantine measures, in BC.
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- Gypsy
Moth, Lymantria dispar, in North America
- Sandy Liebhold's in
depth account of the origins and spread of the European strain of the gypsy
moth in North America, its effects on forest vegetation as well as management
options. Linkages to other gypsy moth pages included.
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- Slow
the Spread Project for Gypsy Moth
- Learn how eastern
North America is limiting the spread of the gypsy moth.
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- Asian
Gypsy Moth Project in the USA
- An Asian Gypsy Moth
eradication proposal is drafted to urge the need for control in Orange County,
California. This proposal also describes the possible environmental impacts
of its proposed efforts to control the moth.
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- Asian Longhorn
Beetles and Other Hitch-hikers of Commerce
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- See the pages by Humble, Allen and Bell, that describe recent
interceptions of insects in wood packing materials and dunnage.
- Note especially the insect
pests reared from landscape stone packaging and wire rope spools,
in this article by Allen, and the damage caused by the Asian Longhorn
Beetle (ALB), Anoplophora spp.
- Also, see the Canadian
Forest Service Exotic Pest Advisory for the ALB.
- Cornell
University has a site which describes the history of the entry of
the ALB into the United States, its detection and identification, and
the subsequent attempts to control its spread.
- For an update on the impact of the ALB in New York and Illinois, check
these pages at the USDA Northeastern area office.
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- Brown
Spruce Longhorn Borer in Halifax
- The brown spruce longhorn
borer (BSLB), Tetropium fuscum, is attacking red spruce trees in
Point Pleasant Park in Halifax. This tree killer is a threat to natural
forests in the area and in 2000 was the target of a sanitation program to
fell and burn infested trees. Solid wood packing material used as
dunnage in containers unpacked at the nearby container port may have been
the original source of this aggressive European cerambycid.
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- Project
Evergreen - White Spotted Tussock Moth in New Zealand
- One of the most successful
eradications of an exotic pest in an urban environment. A DC-6
and helicopters were used to ensure a complete coverage of the infested
area with Bacillus thuringiensis var kustaki. Extensive
health monitoring showed no evidence to link the spray program and health
events in the area either during or following the 23 aerial sprays and 21
ground sprays.
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- Painted
Apple Moth in New Zealand- Eradication Program
- A second tussock moth
eradication program, targeted at the Painted Apple Moth, Teia anartoides,
an exotic tussock moth pest from Australia, also involving aerial sprays
of Bacillus thuringiensis var kustaki.
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- Pine
Shoot Beetle, Tomicus piniperda
- The pine shoot beetle
(Tomicus piniperda), a serious foreign pest of pines, was discovered
at a Christmas-tree farm near Cleveland in 1992 ...
Also, see the Canadian
Forest Service Exotic Pest Advisory for the Pine Shoot Beetle.
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- Pinewood
Nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, and pine wilt disease
- The pinewood
nematode is vectored by cerambycid beetles, especially those in the
genus Monochamus. The nematodes kill susceptible pine trees, a condition
known as pine
wilt disease. A series of papers
on pinewood nematodes/pine wilt disease was presented at the 1995 World
Congress of Entomology in Beijing.
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Pinewood
Nematode in Jiangsu Province, China.
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- International
Biosecurity Links
- With increasing world
trade, damaging insects are readily transported to new environments. For
the perspectives of various countries, check out the following:
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