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- Title
Recovery and Distribution of Anthribus nebulosus, a Scale Predator Introduced into Virginia in 1981.
- Authors
Schultz, Peter B.; Muhleman, Carrie E.
- Abstract
Anthribus nebulosus Förster (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) is a scale predator native to Eurasia that was imported from Hungary in the 1970s and released in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1981 as a potential biological control against soft scale insects. First recovery of A. nebulosus in Virginia Beach occurred in 2010, 29 years after release. Subsequent surveys of soft-scale infested oaks over a 3-year period indicated that A. nebulosus had spread up to 32 km from the initial site in multiple cities and directions, but further spread was limited by geographic barriers.
- Subjects
VIRGINIA; PREDATORY animals; BIOLOGICAL control of insects; BEETLES; FUNGUS weevils
- Publication
Banisteria, 2016, Issue 47, p14
- ISSN
1066-0712
- Publication type
Article