Exotic Bark Beetle Surveys: 2005 - 2010 | Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey

Ips typographus larva Approximately 50% of Kentucky's land area is in a commercial forest with PPQ/State certifying about 3,000 loads (approx. 12,000 board feet per load) of lumber for export per year. Much more goes for domestic use. All wood borers are of concern to the industry, State Forestry Department and the U.S. Forest Service.

Lindgren funnel traps were set to capture exotic bark beetles in high-risk locations throughout the state, including barge ports along the Ohio River, container and cargo receiving yards, and used pallet warehouses.

Beetles of concern include those in the families Cerambycidae and Scolytidae, particularly Ips typographus. Other species of concern include Hylurgus ligniperda,Ips sexdentatus, Orthotomicus erosus, and Pityogenes chalcographus.

2005

Number of Traps Set: 13
Number of Beetles Captured: 0
Number of Counties Included in Survey: 10
Counties Sampled: Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Greenup, Jefferson, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Simpson

2006

Number of Traps Set: 31
Number of Beetles Captured: 0
Number of Counties Included in Survey: 20
Counties Sampled: Adair, Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Caldwell, Campbell, Christian, Daviess, Fulton, Graves, Greenup, Hardin, Henderson, Jefferson, Lewis, Logan, Mason, McCracken, Ohio, Simpson

2007

Number of Traps Set: 31
Number of Beetles Captured: 0
Number of Counties Included in Survey: 19
Counties Sampled: Adair, Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Caldwell, Christian, Daviess, Fulton, Graves, Greenup, Hardin, Henderson, Jefferson, Lewis, Logan, Mason, McCracken, Ohio, Simpson

2008

Number of Traps Set: 28
Number of Beetles Captured: 0
Number of Counties Included in Survey: 19
Counties Sampled: Adair, Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Caldwell, Campbell, Christian, Daviess, Fulton, Graves, Greenup, Henderson, Jefferson, Lewis, Logan, Mason, McCracken, Ohio, Simpson

2009

Number of Traps Set: 29
Number of Beetles Captured: 0
Number of Counties Included in Survey: 20
Counties Sampled: Adair, Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Caldwell, Campbell, Christian, Daviess, Fulton, Graves, Greenup, Henderson, Jefferson, Lewis, Logan, Lyon, Mason, McCracken, Ohio, Simpson

2010

Number of Traps Set: 50
Number of Beetles Captured: 0
Number of Counties Included in Survey: 20
Counties Sampled: Adair, Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Caldwell, Campbell, Carter, Christian, Daviess, Fulton, Graves, Greenup, Henderson, Jefferson, Lewis, Logan, Lyon, Mason, McCracken, Ohio, Simpson

Exotic Bark Beetle Damage