Adventures in beetle busting: Alternative methods for the control of Asian longhorned beetle in South Carolina

Monday, November 14, 2022

10:30 AM – 10:42 AM PT

Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 118

Presenting Author(s)

Abigail Ratcliff

Graduate Research Assistant
North Carolina State University
Cary, North Carolina

Co-Author(s)

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Kelly Oten

North Carolina State University
Holly Springs, North Carolina
DC

David R. Coyle

Assistant Professor
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB; Anoplophora glabripennis) is a highly destructive and invasive beetle in the United States and the target of three distinct federal quarantines in the midwest and northeast. The newest quarantine zone was established in Hollywood, SC in 2020 after ALB was detected for the first time in the South. This infestation is unique from previous zones in that it contains coastal bottomland sites that cannot support the current practice of removing infested trees with heavy machinery. Here, three alternative approaches are being investigated to facilitate eradication without physically removing the woody host material from hard to access sites.