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Small Southern Pine Engraver Biological Control Ips avulsus (Eichhoff) From: Frank, J. Howard and John L. Foltz, 1997, Classical Biological Control of Pest Insects of Trees in the Southern United States: A Review and Recommendations, USDA, FS, FHTET-96-20. Native: AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TX, VA, WV, Bahamas. Resident natural enemies: Braconidae: Dendroster sulcatus Muesebeck -- FL, TX, and North; Spathius pallidus Ashmead -- GA, TX and North; Pteromalidae: Heydenia unica Cook and Davis -- GA, AL, NC, VA, WV, and North and West. Biological control attempts: None known. Biological control possibilities: See comments under Dendroctonus frontalis and Ips calligraphus. [ Back ] |




