[BSW] Please Help! We need people looking for these pests!

[KATHY BILTON]

Via Jil.

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From: Faith Campbell <phytodoer at aol.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 4:52 PM
Subject: Please Help! We need people looking for these pests!
 
If you are in the woods – be on the lookout for symptoms of tree-killing
pests!  New and spreading invaders in the Mid-Atlantic region:

1. Beech Leaf Disease. Recently detected in Prince William Forest Park in
Prince William County, Virginia and previously detected in northern West
Virginia.  Information on symptoms and how to report it are available at:
https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/getmedia/43ff63dc-c2d4-421f-97e5-00d9d7e74425/2020NR02_Tree-Health-Survey-User-Manual.pdf.ashx

2. Spotted Lanternfly. Present in Prince William County (see map at
https://nysipm.cornell.edu/environment/invasive-species-exotic-pests/spotted-lanternfly/) 
as well as in the apple-producing counties of the northern
Shenandoah Valley (Virginia and West Virginia) and threatening the growing
wine region of Loudoun County. Information on symptoms and how to report
it: https://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/plant-industry-services.shtml [Scroll
down below section on unsolicited seeds]

3. Laurel Wilt Disease. Right on the edge of the Mid-Atlantic region
is laurel wilt disease on sassafras. This insect/pathogen complex has killed
90% of redbay in the southeast; it is now spreading on sassafras. It has
been detected in Sullivan County, Tennessee (across border from Lee, Scott,
or Washington counties, Virginia). It is also present in northern Kentucky
and Johnson and Wayne counties in North Carolina. For symptoms on sassafras,
go to 
https://forestry.ca.uky.edu/sites/forestry.ca.uky.edu/files/forfs20-01laurel_wilt_factsheet.pdf

If you find suspicious trees, report them to Virginia Department of Forestry
at https://dof.virginia.gov/

4. Elm Zigzag Fly. A pest already introduced to Virginia is the elm zigzag
sawfly, Aproceros leucopoda. The larvae were collected from Chinese elm, but
elm zigzag sawfly is also known to feed on American elm, English elm,
Siberia elm and several other elm species. The insect has previously been
known to be present in Canada. See the announcement (with helpful pictures
of symptoms) at https://www.growertalks.com/Newsletters/View/?article=3500


This Information is provided by Faith Campbell, phytodoer at aol.com; more
information on tree-killing pests is posted at http://www.cisp.us