Other Control Measures

Question 1

What detection method used for Gypsy Moths in B.C. is ALSO considered a treatment method for homeowners out East?

Answer 1

Tree banding

Question 2

What material can be used to make a “skirt” as a method of tree banding?

Answer 2

Burlap

Question 3

Combined with a sticky substance, what other handy material can be used for tree banding?

Answer 3

Duct Tape

Question 4

What physical control measure can be used in a dry land sort to control Ambrosia beetles? How does it work?

Answer 4

Water misting. The water cools the air (Ambrosia beetles only fly above 16C); semiochemicals are watered down; and the beetles are poor flyers in the rain (less able to find their target)

Question 5

The density of egg masses on a tree predicts….

Answer 5

The level of defoliation that will occur

each egg mass rears hundreds of caterpillars next spring

Question 6

3 Methods of egg mass removal?

Answer 6

1. Scraping them off trees /other objects, placing in soapy water
2. Spraying egg mass with hard stream of water
3. Spraying egg mass with ‘Golden Pest Spray Oil’ (smothers larvae within eggs)

Question 7

If you find egg masses, how soon should you take action?

Answer 7

Mid-April

before larvae start to hatch