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Background
On February 19, 2005, a single sirex woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, was identified in a sample collected as part of the New York State Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey National Exotic Wood Borer and Bark Beetle Survey, by E. R. Hoebeke, Ph.D. (Cornell University). It was confirmed by the Systematic Entomology Laboratory in Beltsville, MD on February 23, 2005. This female woodwasp was collected on September 7, 2004, from a Lindgren funnel trap placed among "mixed hardwoods and pine" just inside a forest edge adjacent to a recreational field at Fulton, NY (Oswego County). The detection of a single female S. noctilio in a warehouse was previously reported in the United States on July 22, 2002. It was found at the Otis Elevator Co. in Bloomington, Indiana by Otis Elevator staff and was verified as S. noctilio by the Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL), Beltsville, MD on August 01, 2002. No other detections were made in the follow-up survey in that area. On November 11, 2003, S. noctilio was added to the APHIS Regulated Plant Pest List.
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News and Information
Plans
- 2008 Sirex Survey (PDF; 2.86 Mb)
- 2008 National Survey (PDF; 522 Kb)
- Field Survey
- Decision Tree (PDF; 11 Kb)
- Visual Survey Guide (PDF; 2.1 Mb)
Response
Recovery
Integrated Pest Management
- Silvicultural Options to Reduce Pine Susceptibility to Attack by a Newly Detected Invasive Species, Sirex noctilio (Kevin J. Dodds, Robert R. Cooke, and Daniel W. Gilmore) Northern Journal of Applied Forestry (PDF; 66 Kb)
Contacts
Lynn Evans-Goldner
Sirex noctilio National Program Manager
Telephone: 301-734-7228
E-mail: Lynn.E.Goldner@aphis.usda.gov
Detection and Reporting
If you suspect this pest occurs in forests in your area, either by evident damage or specimens collected, please notify state department of agriculture, state land grant university, or a USDA, APHIS, Plant Protection and Quarantine office.