Monitoring programmes
Monitoring programmes, written for the field
Ten programmes covering the forest and quarantine pests this catalogue is built for. Each page gives the trap logic, the season, the compounds in the blend and the record a programme should keep — because a lure only works inside a plan.
Spruce budworm early warning: traps before defoliation
Pheromone trapping as an early-warning layer for spruce budworm: trap placement in mature stands, July flight timing, and how catch trends precede visible defoliation.
Budworms · jack pineJack pine budworm: monitoring a species that hides in plain sight
Jack pine budworm monitoring in pine stands: why the congener blend matters, how to separate it from spruce budworm catch, and when to survey…
Leafrollers · orchard & nurseryObliquebanded leafroller: a four-component blend and a two-generation season
Why obliquebanded leafroller needs a multi-component blend, how the two generations change the check schedule, and what a nursery programme should record.
Sequoia pitch moth in conifer nurseries and seed orchards
Monitoring clearwing borers in conifer stock: why trunk-height traps, weekly checks and a fixed blend matter more than trap numbers.
Clearwing moths · short rotationHornet moth in poplar and willow plantations
Hornet moth monitoring in short-rotation poplar and willow: trap placement at the butt, single-generation timing, and why the damage is often blamed on something…
Clearwing moths · riparian plantingsPoplar and willow clearwings: a two-species survey that stays readable
Running two clearwing blends in the same riparian planting without muddling the dataset: trap pairing, record structure and what the catch can support.
Asian longhorned beetle surveillance: traps, host trees and the eradication clock
How ALB surveillance programmes use the male-produced aggregation pheromone: host-tree selection, canopy-height traps, and why detection speed decides the outcome.
Longhorn beetles · import & nurseryCitrus longhorned beetle: nursery and import inspection
CLB surveillance at nurseries, importers and bonsai collections: where the risk actually sits, how to run traps around holding areas, and what to do…
Quarantine · ports & ISPM 15Ports and wood packaging: a multi-species quarantine grid
Designing a quarantine trapping grid around ports, container yards and wood-packaging handling sites, where several beetle groups arrive together.
Not sure where to start
Describe the stand, not the compound
Most programme questions arrive as a species and a hectare count. That is enough to start: the blend, the trap spacing and the loading all follow from the target and the season.