Researchers Create Decoy Beetles to Manage The Invasive Emerald Ash Borer

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a beetle native to Asia which was first identified near Detroit, Michigan and Ontario in 2002. It is now a serious invasive pest of North American ash trees in the genus Fraxinus. Emerald ash borer populations are spreading rapidly in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states of the USA, [...]

Drew P. Pulsifer, ,Akhlesh Lakhtakia,Jayant Kumar, Thomas C. Baker, & Ra´ul J. Mart´ın-Palma (2012). Toward Pest Control Via Mass Production of Realistic Decoys of Insects, Proceedings of SPIE, 8339 DOI: 10.1117/12.915924

Lelito, J., Fraser, I., Mastro, V., Tumlinson, J., Böröczky, K. & Baker, T. (2007). Visually Mediated ‘Paratrooper Copulations’ in the Mating Behavior of Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a Highly Destructive Invasive Pest of North American Ash Trees, Journal of Insect Behavior, 20 (6) 537-552. DOI: 10.1007/s10905-007-9097-9

Lelito, J., Fraser, I., Mastro, V., Tumlinson, J. & Baker, T. (2008). Novel visual-cue-based sticky traps for monitoring of emerald ash borers, (Col., Buprestidae) , Journal of Applied Entomology, 132 (8) 668-674. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2008.01308.x

Researchers Create Decoy Beetles to Manage The Invasive Emerald Ash Borer

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