New subject: FORENT posting in North America for elm leaf beetles

6 Apr 2012

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*Dear Forest Entomologists,***

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*One of my colleagues, Bill Moar (formerly of Auburn U), needs some elm
leaf beetles **Xanthogaleruca luteola **for his research on the molecular
phylogeny of Chrysomelidae.   He would like at least 25 larvae or adults,
frozen & shipped overnight -- he will provide the dry ice & pay the cost
of overnight shipping.   ***

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*The elm leaf beetle, a well established exotic in North America,
overwinters as an adult.   It has at least 2 generations/yr,
thus population densities are higher later in the field season.  We may
have a good crop of this year due to mild winter & early spring.   The
larvae feed on the undersides of elm leaves, skeletizing them.   Here's
more on its biology & some photos:
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05521.html  ***

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*If you happen to find some this year & have time to help Bill, please
contact him directly at:*

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*William J. Moar***

*Monsanto Company, ***

*Corn IRM Technical Lead*

*Global Scientific Affairs, Mail Zone C3NE*

*800 North Lindberg Blvd*

*St. Louis, MO 63167*

*william.moar(a)monsanto.com &lt;timothy.dennehy(a)monsanto.com&gt;*

*Office tel.  314-694-7793*

*Mobile tel. 314-651-9018***

*Leah*

Leah S. Bauer, Ph.D.

Research Entomologist and Adjunct Associate Professor

USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station and

Department of Entomology, Michigan State University

1407 S. Harrison Rd., East Lansing, MI 48823

lbauer(a)fs.fed.us or lsbauer(a)msu.edu

517-355-7740x103 (off) or 517-256-0623 (cell)