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. The same species were targeted each year from 2005-2010: European Spruce Bark Beetle (Ips typographus), Red-Haired Pine Bark Beetle (Hylurgus ligniperda), Six-Toothed Bark Beetle (Ips sexdentatus), Mediterranean Pine Engraver Beetle (Orthotomicus erosus), and Spruce Wood Engraver (Pityogenes chalcographus).

In 2023 the following species were targeted: Six-Toothed Bark Beetle (Ips sexdentatus), European Spruce Bark Beetle (Ips typographus), Large Pine Weevil (Hylobius abietis), Black Fir Sawyer (Monochamus urossovii), Black Spruce Beetle (Tetropium castaneum), and Brown Spruce Longhorned Beetle (Tetropium fuscum). In addition to the traps set for those species, visual surveys were conducted for Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) and Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula). Spotted lanternfly was found for the first time in Kentucky in October 2023 in Gallatin County, but not as part of this survey.

Year	Survey Activity	Map
2023	30 traps set in 7 counties
2010	50 traps set in 20 counties
2009	29 traps set in 20 counties
2008	28 traps set in 19 counties
2007	31 traps set in 19 counties
2006	31 traps set in 20 counties
2005	13 traps set in 10 counties