Ball Diamonds as Habitat for Nests of Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae): Comparisons among Three States

Detectability of the Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Asymptomatic Urban Trees By Using Branch Samples

“…; Fabales: Fabaceae) and Gardenia (Gentianales: Rubiaceae) bush, information that could aid in the timing of searches for C. fumipennis aggregations in the region. Our observations of aggregation habitat characteristics and daily activity are in general agreement with those previously reported (Evans 1971;Nalepa et al 2012;Careless et al 2014). Our overall success rate in locating aggregations at a variety of habitats (25%) was slightly greater than that reported by Nalepa et al (2012) (22.5%), but these authors restricted their search to ball diamonds.…”

Optimization of Trap Color for Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

“…Data from these research efforts are taken from reports in progress; thus details about trap type and trap color or kairomone and lure efficacy are not reported herein. (Nalepa et al 2012(Nalepa et al , 2013Swink et al 2013Swink et al , 2014. Collection records for many of these studies included trap yield results for deployment durations spanning several days, thus data for individual specimens were pooled within 1 of 4 weeks for each month.…”

Year-to-Year Variation in Prey Capture by Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) at Two Sites in North Carolina

“…In North Carolina however, population densities of C. fumipennis are lower than those observed in the northeastern US (Nalepa et al 2012). Efforts to employ biosurveillance in the North Carolina counties of Granville, Person, Vance, and Warren, where A. planipennis has been detected by other means, were not successful, likely due to failure in these counties of finding sites with a sufficient number of C. fumipennis nests (CA Nalepa & W Swink, personal observation).…”

“…Data from these research efforts are taken from reports in progress; thus details about trap type and trap color or kairomone and lure efficacy are not reported herein. (Nalepa et al 2012Swink et al 2013Swink et al , 2014. Collection records for many of these studies included trap yield results for deployment durations spanning several days, thus data for individual specimens were pooled within 1 of 4 weeks for each month.…”