alb in massachusetts

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http://massnrc.org/pests/linkeddocuments/pestalerts/ALB_Aug2008.htm

Genie is out of the bottle.

heard this while driving across mass today. drove 200+ miles and oriental bittersweet was present in about 199 of them.
in places it was competing with knotweed and ailanthus. Need to stop looking for stuff like that. Its affecting my outlook.

[Corley5]

That sucks  :(  One thing I've heard about this pest is it's not a strong flyer which makes it easier to contain. 

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Thanks for the positive spin Corley, but its a lot shorter trip from Worcester to my place in NH (72 mi) than Beijing to Worcester (6751 miles) .

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alb update

http://wbztv.com/local/asian.longhorned.beetle.2.828618.html

been there 11 years or more.
now 65 sq mile eradication zone.

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No sense managing for maple or birch anymore.
ALB found 20 miles east of here.



http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081013/NEWS0201/710134850

hosts
http://www.uvm.edu/albeetle/hosts.htm

[estiers]

No sense managing for maple or birch anymore.
ALB found 20 miles east of here.



http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081013/NEWS0201/710134850

hosts
http://www.uvm.edu/albeetle/hosts.htm

Neither of these links says anything about an ALB find in New Hampshire.

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estiers,
You are correct,
WMUR had it on the "Crawl" this morning that alb was found in Dover.
those stories do not back it up.

Thanks for the correction. Hoping wmur got it wrong.