[MAIPC] FW: Photos from todays outing

Mon Jul 30 07:54:43 PDT 2018

Wow!

From: Reardon, Richard C -FS [mailto:rreardon at fs.fed.us] 
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Subject: RE: Photos from todays outing

For the past 4 years ,we have funded two Pi’s to look for natural enemies of Japanese stiltgrass in several locations in China . One of the PI’s found an aphid feeding on stiltgrass which proved difficult to collect in moderate numbers and sent specimens for identification ( retired(?)  taxonomist located in CA  -Judy Hugh Goldstein provided the contact info ) .The genus was confirmed although some tentative indications of a particular species complex . We have a lab colony of the aphid in China and conducting some host range testing . It has been a nightmare getting seeds of potential non-target plants from the US into China but finally have some American snowbell seeds in China . Also , several rust fungi were collected from stiltgrass and pursuing identifications and host range studies.    

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Subject: FW: Photos from todays outing

The habitat stewardship Sierra Club interns who just discovered this aphid greatly impacting Japanese Stiltgrass would like us to determine if it is a useful biological control of Japanese Stiltgrass. Cheers. 

Yasmine, Ariel, Hannah and Marc

From: Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com <mailto:ialm at erols.com> > 
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 10:58 PM
To: 'MNPS Board' <board at mdflora.org <mailto:board at mdflora.org> >
Subject: FW: Photos from todays outing

We found this on Japanese Stilt grass today. Can anyone ID it. It is very sticky and we transferred some to a patch nearby that we are not removing to see what happens to the stiltgrass there. 

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Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 3:58 PM
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Subject: Photos from todays outing

-Yasmine 

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From: Carole Bergmann [mailto:carolebergmann at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:21 AM
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Subject: RE: Photos from todays outing

I can’t get a perfect picture here, but…it really looks like they have crushed a bunch of aphids in different life stages and spread them. 

Aphids are these colors, and sticky. Could that be the case? Or is it more complicated than that?

Carole

From: Faulkenberry, Mark [mailto:mfaulkenbe at pa.gov] 
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 9:47 AM
To: Rohrbaugh, Andrew <anrohrbaug at pa.gov <mailto:anrohrbaug at pa.gov> >; Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com <mailto:ialm at erols.com> >
Subject: Re: [MAIPC] FW: Photos from todays outing

Hey I think Andrew is right. They are probably aphids but I can’t get it to species. Aphids are significant pests in some cases so there should be literature out there that would allow you to key it out by species, if you were willing to go down that rabbit hole. It’s possible you can google the plant host and aphids and see if there is a species that only eats that plant. 

I hope this helps

Mark

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From: Rohrbaugh, Andrew <anrohrbaug at pa.gov <mailto:anrohrbaug at pa.gov> >
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:09 AM
Subject: RE: [MAIPC] FW: Photos from todays outing
To: Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com <mailto:ialm at erols.com> >
Cc: Faulkenberry, Mark <mfaulkenbe at pa.gov <mailto:mfaulkenbe at pa.gov> >

Aphids? Although I’m not sure how to identify them further than that.

Andrew Rohrbaugh | Botanist

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
Bureau of Forestry | Ecological Services Section

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From: Jil Swearingen [mailto:jilswearingen at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 9:54 AM
To: Bergmann, Carole <Carole.Bergmann at montgomeryparks.org <mailto:Carole.Bergmann at montgomeryparks.org> >
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Subject: Re: [MAIPC] FW: Photos from todays outing

I concur with Carole. It looks like aphids and the stickiness makes sense from the "honeydew" they excrete.

Jil

Jil Swearingen

Invasive Species Consultant

In the Weeds

410-200-7085

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 7:27 AM, Bergmann, Carole < <mailto:Carole.Bergmann at montgomeryparks.org> Carole.Bergmann at montgomeryparks.org> wrote:

I can't see this perfectly, but...it looks like aphids in different life stages. They are these colors, and sticky.

Is that it, or is this too elementary a solution?

Carole

Carole Bergmann

Forest Ecologist/Field Botanist

M-NCPPC

Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group,  MD Chapter Sierra Club Natural Places Chair.

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