Grants and Contracts Details
Description
The Cooperator seeks to conduct a program which is expected to result in:
• The safeguarding of Kentucky’s forests and timber industry from this suite of pests.
• Preventing these insects from becoming established in Kentucky.
• Early detection and a rapid response if any of these pests are detected through this
survey.
• The entry of positive/negative data into the NAPIS database
We will select approximately 20 forested parks as our survey sites. This will be a trapping
survey designed to detect five Asian Defoliator Lepidopteran pests: Asian Gypsy Moth,
Japanese Gypsy Moth, Rosy Moth, Hokkaido Gypsy Moth, and Casuarina Tussock Moth.
We will follow the trap and lure guidelines for these insects that can be found on the CAPS
Resource and Collaboration website in the survey manuals and approved methods
sections. Traps for the specific pests can be found in the table below. Traps and lures will
be provided by APHIS. We will collect survey data detailing the presence/absence of
these pests in the forests. Five University of Kentucky, Office of the State Entomologist
employees will conduct this survey by setting the traps, monitoring the traps and changing
lures as needed once per month, submitting samples, and removing traps. The survey
will begin in late spring 2021 and continue throughout the summer. We estimate 5 total
site visits including trap set, trap/lure monitoring and sample collection, and final sample
collection/trap removal.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 5/1/21 → 4/30/22 |
Funding
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: $15,000.00
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