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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Yasmine, Ariel, Hannah and Marc<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 26, 2018 10:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'MNPS Board' <<a href="mailto:board@mdflora.org">board@mdflora.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> FW: Photos from todays outing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Office Intern [<a href="mailto:office.intern@mdsierra.org">mailto:office.intern@mdsierra.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 26, 2018 3:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:marc.imlay@mdsierra.org">marc.imlay@mdsierra.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Photos from todays outing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=361 height=481 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4257A.5BD76E70"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=361 height=481 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D4257A.5BD76E70"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=361 height=481 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D4257A.5BD76E70"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>-Yasmine <br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sierra Club Maryland Chapter <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>7338 Baltimore Ave, Suite 102<br>College Park, MD 20740<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Carole Bergmann [<a href="mailto:carolebergmann@hotmail.com">mailto:carolebergmann@hotmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 27, 2018 7:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>>; 'MNPS Board' <<a href="mailto:board@mdflora.org">board@mdflora.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Photos from todays outing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Aphids are these colors, and sticky. Could that be the case? Or is it more complicated than that?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Carole<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From: Faulkenberry, Mark [<a href="mailto:mfaulkenbe@pa.gov">mailto:mfaulkenbe@pa.gov</a>] <br>Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 9:47 AM<br>To: Rohrbaugh, Andrew <<a href="mailto:anrohrbaug@pa.gov">anrohrbaug@pa.gov</a>>; Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [MAIPC] FW: Photos from todays outing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I hope this helps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Get <a href="https://aka.ms/o0ukef">Outlook for iOS</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>_____________________________<br>From: Rohrbaugh, Andrew <<a href="mailto:anrohrbaug@pa.gov">anrohrbaug@pa.gov</a>><br>Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:09 AM<br>Subject: RE: [MAIPC] FW: Photos from todays outing<br>To: Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>><br>Cc: Faulkenberry, Mark <<a href="mailto:mfaulkenbe@pa.gov">mfaulkenbe@pa.gov</a>><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Aphids? Although I’m not sure how to identify them further than that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#17365D'>Andrew Rohrbaugh</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B3468'> | Botanist</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B3468'>Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources<br>Bureau of Forestry | Ecological Services Section</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B3468'>PO Box 8552, 400 Market St, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552<br></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66AC2D'>Phone:</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B3468'> 717.705.2823 | </span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66AC2D'>Fax:</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B3468'> 717.772.0271<br><a href="mailto:anrohrbaug@pa.gov">anrohrbaug@pa.gov</a></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/"><span style='color:#123B79'>www.dcnr.state.pa.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From: Jil Swearingen [<a href="mailto:jilswearingen@gmail.com">mailto:jilswearingen@gmail.com</a>] <br>Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 9:54 AM<br>To: Bergmann, Carole <<a href="mailto:Carole.Bergmann@montgomeryparks.org">Carole.Bergmann@montgomeryparks.org</a>><br>Cc: Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU">INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</a>; <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>; Bruckart, William <<a href="mailto:William.Bruckart@ars.usda.gov">William.Bruckart@ars.usda.gov</a>>; <a href="mailto:needham82@aol.com">needham82@aol.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [MAIPC] FW: Photos from todays outing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I concur with Carole. It looks like aphids and the stickiness makes sense from the "honeydew" they excrete.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Jil<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Jil Swearingen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Invasive Species Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>In the Weeds</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>410-200-7085<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 7:27 AM, Bergmann, Carole <<a href="mailto:Carole.Bergmann@montgomeryparks.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>Carole.Bergmann@montgomeryparks.org</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I can't see this perfectly, but...it looks like aphids in different life stages. They are these colors, and sticky.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Is that it, or is this too elementary a solution?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Carole<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Carole Bergmann<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Forest Ecologist/Field Botanist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>M-NCPPC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060'>Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group, </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>MD Chapter Sierra Club Natural Places Chair.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060'>Conservation biologist, Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator. <br>(301) 442-5657 cell <a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank" title="blocked::mailto:ialm@erols.com"><span style='color:#002060'>ialm@erols.com</span></a><br>Natural and Historical Resources Division<br>The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission<br><a href="http://www.pgparks.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#002060'>www.pgparks.com</span></a> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=58 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=46 height=29 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=473 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E'>Virus-free. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avast.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>