Document Type
Peer-Review Article
Abstract
We deployed sticky traps underneath the crown of eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière, to assess their sensitivity at detecting crawlers (1st instar nymphs) of the non-native hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae Annand (Hemiptera: Adelgidae). We found these traps more sensitive at detecting infested trees with low densities of A. tsugae than branch-tip sampling with pole pruners. We observed two peaks of crawler abundance at all sites: these peaks likely represented the timing of the progrediens and sistens crawler stages of A. tsugae. Deployment of sticky traps in treated and high-risk stands may prove useful at detecting residual and new infestations, respectively.
Recommended Citation
Fidgen, Jeffrey G.; Whitmore, Mark C.; and Turgeon, Jean J.
2015.
"Detection of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) Infestations with Sticky Traps,"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 48
(3)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1017
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol48/iss3/4