Environmental entomologyAnimalsHemipteraCold TemperatureFemaleNorth Carolina
Survival of elongate hemlock scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) with prolonged cold exposure: overwintering mortality risk across North America.
Clarissa Moore, Brian H Aukema, Julia B Leone, Robert M Jetton, Toby R Petrice, Angie Ambourn, Robert C Venette
Published: 202510.1093/ee/nvaf096
Abstract
Elongate hemlock scale, Fiorinia externa Ferris (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), is an invasive pest of eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, and other Pinaceae such as Fraser fir, Abies fraseri. Cut Fraser firs (ie for Christmas trees and other holiday greene…
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