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Link A Field Guide for Ground Checking Southern Pine Beetle Spots
This handbook shows how to recognize various stages of SPB attack, how to decide if control is needed, and how to mark buffer strips for control crews.
Link Biology and Control of Christmas Tree Insects BROKEN
This guide is divided into two sections. The first section presents information on pest biology, damage, cultural controls, and special application ...
Link Biology and host associations of redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), exotic vector of laurel wilt killing redbay trees
The redbay ambrosia beetle and its fungal symbiont, Rafaelea sp., are new introductions to the southeastern United States responsible for the wilt of mature ...
Link Black Turpentine Beetle
The black turpentine beetle is an insect that lives in the inner bark of pine trees. Removal of the outer bark will reveal a vertical gallery or tunnel up to ...
Link Christmas Tree Pest Manual
This manual can help you identify and control damaging Christmas tree pests in the North Central region of the United States. Most of the information also ...
Link Common Fraser Fir Insect Pests BROKEN
This site contains pictures of common fraser fir insect pests.
Link Conifer Sawflies
This publication describes eleven conifer sawflies by their distinctive markings, their hosts, the time of year they are present, and their distribution. ...
Link Engraver Beetle (Not Southern Pine Beetle) Activity on the Increase in East Texas
If the extreme fire danger caused by the 1998 drought isn't causing enough concern, now pine bark beetle activity is beginning to appear.
Link Flathead Borers on Hardwoods
Flatheaded borers are some of the most common of wood borer in the United States. They occur throughout the United States and Canada. There are more than 150 ...
Link Forest Pests of North America: Integrated Pest Management CD
Three Volume Set - 100 images per Volume in Kodak Photo CD format. One hundred and fifty forest disease and one hundred and fifty forest insect images.
Link Hazards of the Outdoors
Foresters, of all people, know quite well how insects can devastate a forest. However, this guide is not about those insects that kill trees. It's about ...
Link Identifying the Southern Pine Beetle
Outbreaks of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis (Zimmermann), occur periodically in the southern United States, killing millions of dollars worth ...
Link Insect Defoliators of Missouri Trees: Colony Feeders
All parts of a tree are susceptible to insect attack; there are leaf feeders, sap feeders, and bud, twig, branch and stem borers. The most noticeable type of ...
Link Insect Defoliators of Missouri Trees: Web Producers
Many important species of caterpillars feed on the foliage of shade, ornamental and forest trees. In addition to their feeding damage, some of these ...
Link Insects and Diseases
Surveys and current ID problems plaguing the forests.
Link Major Tree Insect Pests
Forestry.about.com's forest insect and health section.
Link Pests That Affect Human Health: Poisonous Spiders and Scorpions
Spiders and scorpions have long been looked upon with fear as loathsome and venomous creatures, but in their natural habitats, spiders and scorpions are ...
Link Pine Bark Beetles
Pine bark beetles are small insects that kill pines by boring beneath the bark. Five species are common throughout Georgia. These are southern pine beetle ...
Link Pine Reproduction Weevils
Pine seedlings planted on recently logged sites are often attacked by the pales and pitch-eating weevils. These weevils are attracted to the odor of fresh pine ...
Link Predicting Potential Loss from the Southern Pine Beetle in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina
Provides a system that allows users to rate both plantations and natural stands of loblolly and shortleaf pine in the Coastal Plain for the likelihood of a SPB ...
Link Predicting Potential Loss from the Southern Pine Beetle in the Piedmont of South Carolina
Forest managers concerned with southern pine beetle (SPB) impact may use an appropriate rating system to determine which stands are most susceptible. The ...
Link Salvage Removal: A Method for Controlling Southern Pine Beetle Infestations
The Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) is the most destructive pine bark beetle in the South. SPB infestations commonly originate in poorly managed or overstocked ...
Link Southern Pine Beetle
Using this directory will enable you to become``better informed, better educated, and better equipped through the latest information on SPB biology, management ...
Link Southern Pine Beetle
Southern pine beetle (SPB) is a serious pest of yellow pines, including loblolly, shortleaf and Virginia pines.
Link Southern Pine Beetle Control Techniques
Southern pine beetle (SPB) caused timber losses can be reduced through the use of one or more recommended direct-control tactics. SPB control, to be most ...
Link Southern Pine Beetle Fact Sheet
Southern Pine Beetle Biology, Prevention, and Restoration.
Link Southern Pine Beetle Internet Control Center
This is the clearinghouse for southern pine beetle information, control strategies, research, and other ongoing activities. This site also supports ...
Link The Southern Pine Beetle
This publication helps landowners by explaining the symptoms of a Southern Pine Beetle attack, what to do about it, and how to prevent it.
Link The Southern Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis
The southern pine beetle (SPB), Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, is the most destructive insect pest of pine in the southern United States. A recent ...
Link Twig Girdler and Twig Pruner
This article discusses the damage to trees caused by twig girdlers and twig pruners.
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