The Virginia pine sawfly in 1960 - a special cooperative report

T. McIntyre; R. C. Heller; C. L. Morris

The Virginia pine sawfly in 1960 - a special cooperative report

Informally Refereed

Authors:

T. McIntyre, R. C. Heller, C. L. Morris

Year:

1961

Type:

Forest Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Forest Research Note NE-114. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-7

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Abstract

An outbreak of the pine sawfly, Neodiprion pratti pratti (Dyar), has existed in Maryland since 1955. By 1959 the insect had spread throughout 14 million acres in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont of Virginia and into several North Carolina counties. Because egg surveys conducted in the spring of 1960 indicated a continuation of the epidemic, an aerial survey was conducted to further evaluate the situation. This report contains a summary of this latter investigation.

Citation

McIntyre, T.; Heller, R. C.; Morris, C. L. 1961. The Virginia pine sawfly in 1960 - a special cooperative report. Forest Research Note NE-114. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-7