Greetings Forent list-serve members: At the request of the European Plant Protection Organization, Dan Herms and I are attempting to construct a documented distribution of bronze birch borer (BBB, Agrilus anxius) in the United States and Canada. We are also working on a paper for publication. We have conducted a thorough literature review, but may have missed some sources. We also suspect that we can fill in some gaps with authoritative “personal communications.” For example, we have definitive records of bronze birch borer in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont, but no definitive record of presence from nearby Rhode Island or New Hampshire. We would be very grateful if you would share your insights regarding the distribution of bronze birch borer in the U.S. states and Canadian provinces listed below for which definitive information is lacking. If you are so inclined, please review the following list and let us know the status of bronze birch borer in your state or province, especially those listed in the following categories: 1. BBB listed as present in a secondary source but without reference to specific reports or corroborating evidence 2. BBB mentioned in extension material without specific report of presence in that state/province. 3. BBB distribution status unknown If you would be willing to allow us to cite your response for publication purposes as a “personal communication”, could you please explicitly include your permission for us to do so in your response? We would then use the email as record of your permission to cite your response. Thanks for your help! Vanessa Muilenburg Post-doctoral Research Scientist Department of Entomology The Ohio State University Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center 1680 Madison Ave Wooster, OH 44691 phone: 330-466-6708 fax: 330-263-3686 email: muilenburg.1(a)buckeyemail.osu.edu 1. BBB definitively present or absent (specific, credible report in peer-reviewed, agency, extension literature, or personal communication). New Brunswick Newfoundland Ontario Quebec Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nevada New Jersey New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Texas Virginia Washington Wisconsin Washington D.C. 2. BBB listed as present in secondary source, but without reference to specific report or corroborating evidence Arizona (Johnson & Lyon 1988) West Virginia (Johnson & Lyon 1988) Tennessee (Johnson & Lyon 1988) 3. BBB mentioned in extension material but without specific report of presence. (e.g. state has a BBB fact sheet, but it doesn’t mention specifically that the insect is known to be present in that state), Northwest Territories Prince Edward Island Delaware Kansas Nebraska New Hampshire North Dakota Rhode Island Vermont Utah Wyoming 4. BBB distribution status unknown Labrador Yukon Florida Hawaii New Mexico