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 [...]

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 [...]

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 Asian Longhorn Beetle [...]