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Insect trapping season gets underway in Oregon
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5/18/2011
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A cool spring has slowed the life cycle of gypsy moths and other invasive insects in Oregon, but detection efforts for these plant-eating pests are about to heat up:
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The Oregon Department of Agriculture's annual detection phase for bad bugs is underway with the placement of thousands of insect traps throughout the state:
ROGG: "The cold spring, or whatever you want to call that, delayed the phenology of a lot of pests. So I think we are okay starting out a little later this year." :11
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Helmuth Rogg of ODA's Insect Pest Prevention and Management Program says about 13-thousand brightly colored gypsy moth traps will be placed around the state. But there are other pests of concern as well, including the brown marmorated stink bug:
ROGG: "This could turn out to be the bug from hell. Trees, ornamental trees, fruit, vegetables, you name it- it attacks it." :09
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This particular stink bug has caused extensive agricultural damage in East Coast states and ODA will test out various types of traps to see which ones work best. As far as gypsy moth is concerned, only one was detected last year- the lowest count on record. But the plant-eating moth is serious enough to warrant annual attention and it wouldn't be a surprise to have new introductions to Oregon this year. In Salem, I'm Bruce Pokarney.
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ROGG says putting out insect traps is an important part of fighting the battle against invasive insect pests:
"In the long term, this is much cheaper, much more economic to spend some money to prevent invasive species from getting established in Oregon than do nothing and wait until we have a big outbreak. Then it costs a lot more to get rid of it, if that is possible at all." :18
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ROGG says gypsy moth detections have been low the past couple of years, but that doesn't necessarily mean they will remain low this year as new introductions can come in from people moving to Oregon or visiting from infested areas back east:
"People still move, obviously, to Oregon from quarantined areas, and there is always a chance that they bring something with them." :07
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