Forestcast Season 1: Balance and Barrier - Episode 5: The Hornless Asian Longhorned Beetle
Release Date
March 26, 2020
The Asian longhorned beetle has the makings of a disaster pest poster — a wide possible geographic and climatic range, a number of host trees, and few control options. Lucky for us, it just doesn’t seem to spread far on its own. There are biocontrol and predator options, but nothing is ideal, or especially effective. At this time, there isn’t much we can do other than chop down and chip infested trees.
In this Episode meet
- Melody Keena, Research Entomologist, Hamden, Connecticut
- Talbot Trotter, Research Ecologist, Hamden, Connecticut
People
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Melody Keena, PhD
Research Entomologisthttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/melody.keena -
Person
R. Talbot Trotter, III
Research Ecologisthttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/robert.t.trotter
Featured Science Resources
- Robert A. A. Haack, Kenneth R. Law, Victor C. Mastro, H. Sharon Ossenburgen, Bernard J. Raimo. 1997. New York's battle with the Asian long-horned beetle
- Alexander P. Kappel, R. Talbot Trotter, III, Melody Keena, John Rogan, Christopher A. Williams. 2017. Mapping of the Asian longhorned beetle's time to maturity and risk to invasion at contiguous United States extent
Environmental Education Resource
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Natural Inquirer: Tag, You're It! Using Harmonic Radar to Track the Flight of Beetles
Last updated March 24, 2023