Iowa Entering STS Program
The state of Iowa will officially be part of the National Slow the Spread of the Gypsy Moth Project in 2009. Iowa will transition to standard STS trapping and data management protocols within the defined STS project areas.
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IPM Travels to Central Asia
Follow Department of Entomology colleague Doug Landis and group on travels to Central Asia in support of a collaborative IPM research program. You can follow the groups travel Blog at http://www.ipmglobal.blogspot.com. Joy Landis is providing the blog updates while traveling with the IPM group. She is communications Manager and Assistant IPM Coordinator with the Integrated Pest Management Program at... [Read more]
New MN EAB Discovery
A new Emerald Ash Borer infestation was discovered near St. Paul, Minnesota recently. What follows is the official press release from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) today announced the discovery of an emerald ash borer infestation (EAB) in St. Paul just northeast of the intersection of Interstate 94 and Highway 280. This... [Read more]
New Detection of ALB
Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project. The Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis, “ALB”), a pest of hardwood trees including maple, birch and horse chestnut, was recently discovered in Worcester, Massachusetts. An astute resident of the Greendale section of Worcester reported the sighting, and it was confirmed by entomologists from USDA APHIS-PPQ earlier this week. The... [Read more]
