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Todd Murray is the Director for the Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Washington State University. Todd is also the Norman Ehmann Endowed Chair in Urban Pest Management. Todd develops Extension programs in urban and invasive pests.
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The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae), is a recently introduced pest of commercial Vaccinium species. In 2013, multiple reports of 'wormy' berries from wild harvest pickers were investigated at high elevation huckleberry picking fields in the Indian Heaven Wilderness Area of the Gifford Pinchot National...
At least 70 exotic invertebrate pests have been newly detected in Washington State since 1990, based on records from the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) or other published accounts. Most of those species are apparently established. Pests were first detected in multiple ways, including formal surveys by regulatory agencies, acciden...
Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) Halyomorpha halys (Stål) establishment has been increasing steadily in the past five years in Washington State. It is well established in the Vancouver and Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan areas. Finds have been common along the Columbia River as it borders Oregon, with a significant population as far east as Walla Wall...
What is a floating row cover Floating row covers are made of spun-bonded polypropylene or polyester. They are permeable to light, water, and air and are used to cover plants to create a physical barrier against pest insects. In addition, row covers can be used to extend the growing season by conserving heat.
This poster summarizes exotic pest introductions tracked by the Washington State Department of Agriculture over the past 20 years, categorizing detections into three groups targeted survey detections, non-target discoveries, and submissions from private citizens. Over 50 species during the 20 years have been recorded. Twenty new records (36%) origi...
Aphidius ericaphidis Pike & Starý, sp. nov., is described and illustrated. This aphidiine is a parasitoid of the blueberry aphid, Ericaphis fimbriata (Richards), widely found associated with the commercial highbush blueberries, Vaccinium corymbosum L., in southwestern British Columbia, Washington, and in northeastern Oregon. It is one of several sp...
