Pennsylvania residents are encouraged to report gypsy moth caterpillar sightings to local county coordinators. Information about gypsy moths and a contact...
Strange report: we had two dry seasons in a row in most of PA, 2004 and 2005, with no major outbreaks such as that described for NJ. So with this wet year so...
Robert M Ross
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Jun 12, 2006 11:23 am
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Below is a press release from DCNR about the spraying in Pa this year. I know complaints are picking up in the southeast part of PA this year. My oak and...
Florida State researcher defends fire ants By BILL KACZOR, Associated Press Writer Sat Jun 10, 9:31 PM ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The first sentence of the first...
Bug that kills ash trees found in Ill. By JIM PAUL, Associated Press WriterTue Jun 13, 10:40 PM ET A pest blamed for killing millions of trees across the...
Maybe if they would submit funding for specific projects by themselves instead of submitting a giant package to the governor, this project could still be...
Kyle, Andrew
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Jun 28, 2006 12:26 pm
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Hello, Having just attended the annual DERRAC picnic up at Promised Land State Park, I had a few entomological related comments. For starters, I visited the...
Dear Ed: I was just at Promised Land today surveying our gypsy moth spray block. The area inside the Bt spray block looked substantially better than the area...
Can anyone help with this! I have a 4-H member who recently collected a Golden Tortoise Beetle at a Bioblitz in Monroe County. He froze it. When he went to pin...
tom and claudia hill
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Jul 6, 2006 3:15 pm
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I know of no way to preserve the color of that paticular beast (I've tried most fixing solutions on that one with no luck). Sven ... From:...
Spichiger, Sven-Erik
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Jul 6, 2006 4:46 pm
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I received the mystery bugs from Celeste which turn out to be "alate" or winged male carpenter ants. Sandy M. Gardosik Entomologist PA Dept. of Agriculture,...
Gardosik, Sandra
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Jul 6, 2006 5:15 pm
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Thanks Sandy! Bryan M. Diehl PA Dept. of Environmental Protection Southwest Regional Coordinator West Nile Virus Office: (412) 442-4212 Fax: (412) 442-4303 ......
Sven, Just a thought, but have you ever tried metal polish on the Gold Tortoise Beetle? Perhaps turtle wax? Rob ... From: entsocpa@yahoogroups.com on behalf...
Ryder, Robert
rryder@...
Jul 7, 2006 11:04 am
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Actually there is a way to fake natural color on chemical pigmented specimens using an air brush and paint, but unless you are doing a museum display it is not...
Spichiger, Sven-Erik
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Jul 7, 2006 11:34 am
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No easy way to do this for a 4H kid, and not easy for anyone to do. But if you had a critical point extracter or "drier" you might make it work. A...
Spichiger, Sven-Erik
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Jul 7, 2006 6:32 pm
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Can anyone tell me what causes so many of my white oak terminal branchlets (with typically a dozen leaves) to come down this time of year. There are no acorns...
Robert M Ross
rossr@...
Jul 10, 2006 2:20 pm
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Rob, Periodical cicadas are known for doing this damage to trees. It is caused by egg laying in the ends of the small twigs. This damage causes twigs to split,...
Out in a grove at Moon Township Industrial Park, an odd, out-of-place little insect species first captured in spring 2005 continues to be of more than passing...
It's downright Canadian to shed your blood JOSH FREED Freelance Saturday, July 22, 2006 Here in the city there is skirmishing, but "up north" there is all-out...
Do we have any takers to help with a spider identification? Please include Sylvia Cooperman in the cc of your reply. Thanks, Kevin Note: forwarded message...
Sorry - I got a reply that said the attachment was too big to send. I'll try something else. KK ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
Spiders in the Genus Loxosceles, family Scytodidae (violin spiders) can be reliably identified by the number of eyes they have. Violin spiders have six eyes...
As nice as these are, I do not think anyone can identify spiders from photos like these. There are just too many features to consider. Put your specimen in...
Todaro, William
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Jul 26, 2006 5:48 pm
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Hi all, Len Forte's comment is a good one. I'd like to add that Steve Jacobs, and urban entomology extension specialist at Penn State has taken an interest in...
Karen Mc Intosh Bernh...
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Jul 26, 2006 7:11 pm
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Researchers discover new type of cricket Tue Jul 25, 6:51 PM ET AP Researchers say they have discovered a new type of cricket in the Grand Canyon-Parashant...
Spider invasion creeping out Austrians By NOURA MAAN, Associated Press WriterThu Aug 3, 6:58 PM ET An eight-legged invasion is giving some Austrians the...
The Eastern Branch, Entomological Society of America will host a public outreach program as part of its 2007 Annual Meeting in Harrisburg, PA. The program,...
The full article is here: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/news/resource/res2006/06-0816-woodwasp.aspx Agriculture Department announces first discovery of ...
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