Range Expansion and Adult Flight Activity ofAgrilus subrobustus(Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Tennessee

Seasonal Flight Activity and Distribution of Metallic Woodboring Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Collected in North Carolina and Tennessee

“…The most intensive collection activity in Tennessee focused around the University of Tennessee -Knoxville campus and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, as well as the Otis L. Floyd Nursery Crops Research Center in McMinnville, Tennessee. The Otis L. Floyd Nursery Crops Research Center currently maintains the largest single collection of buprestids in Tennessee (Hansen et al 2010). Most specimens collected in North Carolina were from counties adjacent to North Carolina State University and counties that were surveyed annually as part of the C. fumipennis biosurveillance program (Swink et al 2013).…”

“…Since the 2008 inception of the C. fumipennis biosurveillance program in North Carolina, more than 2,300 buprestids, including 13 new state records with the 2 reported herein, have been collected from the wasp in 26 counties (MacRae & Basham 2013;Swink et al 2013Swink et al , 2014. In a similar timeframe, host plant-directed scouting and improvements to buprestid trapping using experimental panel traps and other techniques have yielded 48 new state records for Tennessee (Hansen et al 2010(Hansen et al , 2012MacRae & Basham 2013).…”

Optimization of Trap Color for Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

“…In Tennessee and North Carolina, loss of ash trees would have an impact on local ecology, including survival of native arthropods that are dependent upon the species (Gandhi & Herms 2010). Another non-native buprestid, Agrilus subrobustus Saunders, was recently discovered in Tennessee and appears to be associated only with non-indigenous and invasive mimosa trees (Albizia julibrissin Durazzini; Fabales: Fabaceae) (Westcott 2007;Hansen et al 2010;Hoebeke & Wheeler 2011;Hansen et al 2012). The biology and behavior of A. subrobustus remain poorly understood, thus the extent to which this species may become a potential pest or ally in biological control of mimosa remains unclear (Hoebeke & Weeler 2011).…”

Year-to-Year Variation in Prey Capture by Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) at Two Sites in North Carolina

“…In Tennessee and North Carolina, loss of ash trees would have an impact on local ecology, including survival of native arthropods that are dependent upon the species (Gandhi & Herms 2010). Another non-native buprestid, Agrilus subrobustus Saunders, was recently discovered in Tennessee and appears to be associated only with non-indigenous and invasive mimosa trees (Albizia julibrissin Durazzini; Fabales: Fabaceae) (Westcott 2007;Hansen et al 2010;Hoebeke & Wheeler 2011;Hansen et al 2012). The biology and behavior of A. subrobustus remain poorly understood, thus the extent to which this species may become a potential pest or ally in biological control of mimosa remains unclear (Hoebeke & Weeler 2011).…”