Are southern pine beetles summer visitors to Connecticut, or permanent residents? Evidence from 5 years of trapping and visual survey

Presenting Author(s)

Alicia Bray

Associate Professor
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, Connecticut, United States

Co-Author(s)

Claire E. Rutledge

Associate Agricultural Experiment Station
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Niklas Lowe

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, Connecticut, United States

Southern Pine Beetle (SPB), Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, was first detected infesting pines at many locations throughout Connecticut in March 2015. Since then, it has been collected in baited traps each year at relatively low numbers. Despite the lack of known infestations since 2015, several locations in coastal Southeastern Connecticut have shown an increasing number SPB each year since 2016. This poster will present past and current year collections of SPB, predatory clerid beetles and visual survey data.