Son
of Long-Horned Beetles
Scientists fight a wood-boring invader that could change the
landscape of North America
Investigators are exploring lures,
testing pesticides, and listening to the sounds of munching larvae eating
through the hearts of trees.
References:
Cavey, J.F., E.R. Hoebeke, et al. 1998. A new exotic threat
to North American hardwood forests: An Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora
glabripennis (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Proceedings
of the Entomological Society of Washington 100(April):373.
Further Readings:
Links to various government documents concerning the change in U.S.
regulations on crates and other packing entering the country can be
found at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/wood.
The American Phytopathological Society home page featuring discussions
of invasion pathogens can be found at http://www.scisoc.org/.
Beetle pictures, including a close-up worthy of a movie poster, can
be found at http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/longhorned_beetle/.
The Forest Service's Asian Longhorned Beetle page containing press
releases, a wanted poster, links, and a good account of Chicago infestations
is available at http://willow.ncfes.umn.edu/asianbeetle/beetle.htm.
For press releases, pictures, and FAQs, go to the USDA's Asian Longhorned
Beetle site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/alb/alb.html.
Sources:
Jeffrey R. Aldrich
USDA-REE-ARS-BA-PSI-ICE LAB
007 BARC-WEST RM 326
10300 Baltimore Boulevard
Beltsville, MD 20705
Dale R. Bergdahl
University of Vermont
Department of Forestry
Aiken Center
Burlington, VT 05405
Joseph Cavey
U.S. Department of Agriculture
APHIS - PPQ
4700 River Road, Unit 133
Riverdale, MD 20737
E. Richard Hoebeke
Cornell University
Department of Entomology
Comstock Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-0901
Michael T. Smith
U.S. Department of Agriculture
University of Delaware
Beneficial Insect Research Laboratory
Newark, DE 19716
Stephen A. Teale
State University of New York
Department of Environmental and Forest Biology
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210
From Science
News, Vol. 155, No. 24, June 12, 1999, p. 380.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
