Asian Long Horn Beetle is on the move. Now in Worcester this pest is devastating the city trees. Every one needs to be vigilant in looking for and reporting this pest. If Asian Long Horn Beetle escapes in to the Maple syrup production areas we can say good bye to this treat. The Asian Long Horn Beetle is the most serious pest to hit our shores ever. Familiarize yourself with this pest and report sightings immediately.
Some other insects have been brought in to the authorities that people have mistaken for Asian Long Horn Beetle. (The Pine Sawyer is one of these)
Don't worry if you are wrong, not everyone is expected to be an entomologist, or have seen this pest as I have. Better a thousand wrong identifications then to let this pest multiply for years, as it did in Brooklyn NY and Worcester, before any one brought it in.
Xavier
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- Xavier Asbridge, owner of IPM of New Hampshire, is a Paul Smiths College graduate. After college he worked 20 years for the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station where he was involved in the identification and control of pests. He was one of the first in the country to deal with the Asian Longhorned Beetle, surveying CT forests and ports. Xavier also participated in research and control of other invasive species such as Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Gypsy moth. His supporting role in such projects gave him the opportunity to work with some of the leading scientists in the field. Acknowledgments in Publications Pseudoscymnus tsugae in Connecticut Forests: The First Five Years Carole A. S.-J. Cheah and Mark S. McClure na.fs.fed.us/fhp/hwa/pubs/proceedings/2002_proceedings/first_five.pdf Important Mortality Factors in the Life Cycle of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid na.fs.fed.us/fhp/hwa/pubs/proceedings/2002_proceedings/important.pdf Biological control of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid www.invasive.org/hwa/hwa.pdf NH Certified Arborist.
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