Forestry Pests & Diseases

Identify this invasive species

• mayfly

• spotted lanternfly

• emerald ash borer

Originated in

• USA

• Russia

• China

• Mexico

What was the fungus from Asia that attacked trees between 1930 and 1940?

• Hemlock woolly adelgid

• Chestnut Blight

• Southern Pine Beatle

• Dutch Elms Disease

While walking through the woods, you notice cottony white masses on a conifer. These masses are caused by the:

• hemlock wooly adelgid
• gypsy moth
• asian long haired beetle
• elongated hemlock scale

• Gypsy moth
• Honeybee
• Tobacco Hornworm
• Emerald Ash Borer

Which invasive tree is easily mistaken for a sumac, ash, or black walnut?

• tree-of-heaven
• autumn olive
• common buckhorn
• princess tree

____________​ is a stem disease that attacks most oak species and causes the tree’s leaves to die from the edges inward.

• Fusiform Rust  
• Red heart  
• Oak Wilt
• Heart Rot 

What method does NOT help control the spotted lanternfly?

• Scape egg masses of, place in a double bag, and dispose (throw away).

• Kill the eggs in October through May months

• Treat the trees with insecticides from June to August

• Cut the trees down where we see the spotted lanternfly.

• Protect trees by wrapping their trunks in sticky tape.

Which kind of tree does the spotted lanternfly like?

• Tree of Heaven

• Hemlock

• Purple Loosestrife

• Mile-a-minute

A common and easy way to help control the spread of invasive insects is to...

• Not transport or move firewood from one location to another.

• Cut all of the trees down.

• Stop planting trees.