[MAIPC] Fwd: please help me post this information to MAIPC & other lists - we need people looking for these pests

[Jil Swearingen]

Hi,

Please see Faith's message below and spread the word (not the invader).

Thank you,

Jil

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From: Faith Campbell <phytodoer at aol.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 4:52 PM
Subject: Please Help! We need people looking for these pests!


If you are in the woods – be on the lookout for symptoms of tree-killing
pests!  New and spreading invaders in the Mid-Atlantic region:


*1. **B**eech *Leaf D*isease**. *Recently detected in Prince William Forest
Park in Prince William County, Virginia and previously detected in northern
West Virginia.  Information on symptoms and how to report it are available
at:
https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/getmedia/43ff63dc-c2d4-421f-97e5-00d9d7e74425/2020NR02_Tree-Health-Survey-User-Manual.pdf.ashx



*2. **S**potted Lanternfly. *Present in Prince William County (see map at
https://nysipm.cornell.edu/environment/invasive-species-exotic-pests/spotted-lanternfly/
) as well as in the apple-producing counties of the northern Shenandoah
Valley (Virginia and West Virginia) and threatening the growing wine region
of Loudoun County. Information on symptoms and how to report it:
https://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/plant-industry-services.shtml [Scroll down
below section on unsolicited seeds]



*3. Laurel Wilt Disease*. Right on the edge of the Mid-Atlantic region
is laurel
wilt disease on sassafras. This insect/pathogen complex has killed 90% of
redbay in the southeast; it is now spreading on sassafras. It has been
detected in Sullivan County, Tennessee (across border from Lee, Scott, or
Washington counties, Virginia). It is also present in northern Kentucky and
Johnson and Wayne counties in North Carolina. For symptoms on sassafras, go
to
https://forestry.ca.uky.edu/sites/forestry.ca.uky.edu/files/forfs20-01laurel_wilt_factsheet.pdf


If you find suspicious trees, report them to Virginia Department of
Forestry at https://dof.virginia.gov/


 [image: Laurel Wilt Disease | Home & Garden Information Center]



*4.* *Elm Zigzag Fly.* A pest already introduced to Virginia is the elm
zigzag sawfly, *Aproceros leucopoda*. The larvae were collected
from Chinese elm, but elm zigzag sawfly is also known to feed on American
elm, English elm, Siberia elm and several other elm species. The insect has
previously been known to be present in Canada. See the announcement (with
helpful pictures of symptoms) at
https://www.growertalks.com/Newsletters/View/?article=3500



This is iInformation is provided by Faith Campbell, phytodoer at aol.com; more
information on tree-killing pests is posted at www.cisp.us
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