Plant Pest Update #22

Insect Update

Some of you may have heard of the new exotic longhorned beetle found in New York City. I have modified a fact sheet for the internet and included some color images, see:

http://www.ento.vt.edu/Facilities/OnCampus/IDLab/newpests/ALB/ALB.html

If you see anything like this beetle please send it to me, thanks.

Eric Day
Insect Identification Laboratory
Department of Entomology
307 Price Hall
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(W) 540-231-4899
Fax 540-231-9131

idlab@vt.edu

See my lab homepage:

http://www.ento.vt.edu/Facilities/OnCampus/IDInfo.html