The article appeared in the fall 2013 issue of the American Entomologist. The Entomological Society of America graciously granted us permission to post a copy of the article on our website, available at the URI below.
http://akentsoc.org/doc/Furniss_MM_2013.pdf
Citation:
Furniss, M. M. 2013. Northernmost occurrence of bark beetles and their hosts in the Nearctic. Am. Entomol. 59: 144–149.
This Leaf Roller Pest Note, available via the link below, was posted on the IPM-L list on August 20.
Last week, the U.S. Forest Service, Alaska Region posted a news release on this season’s defoliation events (URI below).
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r10/news-events/?cid=STELPRDB5433150
Published June 26 in the journal Zootaxa, an unusual and undescribed genus and species of Axymyiidae known from a single specimen collected more than 50 years ago in Alaska is rediscovered in Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington.
The article focuses on the green alder sawfly (Monsoma pulveratum) in southeast Alaska.
http://www.adn.com/2013/08/12/3020348/invasive-sawfly-identified-in.html
Anecdotal information points to an especially large population of yellow jackets on the western Kenai Peninsula this summer. I have been receiving calls and reports about yellow jackets, workers and nests seem to be everywhere, children are being stung on the nature trails around the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge visitor center, and Soldotna Trustworthy Hardware is out of wasp spray.
Kasilof resident Matt Bowser removing a nest of Vespula alascensis using a shop vac and shovel, 6.August.2013.
I cannot read the article due to the website’s subscription requirement, but for those who have a subscription, I think the URI below should work.
Notable in this Anchorage Daily News article is the mention of unusually high numbers of grasshoppers in the Anchorage area.
http://www.adn.com/2013/07/24/2989735/omalley-surprising-answers-to.html