Trapping-out
SEQUOIA PITCH MOTH, SYNANTHEDON SEQUOIAE.
You can manage SQPM with traps and lures!!!
Peak moth emergence occurs in June and July.
Warmer inland sites experience earlier adult
emergence in comparison with cooler sites
closer to the coast. Because not all individuals
emerge from pupae at the same time, adult
moths can be present anytime from May through
early September. Adults live only a few days,
during which time they mate and females lay eggs.
Placing few traps
per tree will aid in
damage
reduction.
Larval feeding sometimes causes
one or a few limbs to die or become
weak enough to break, especially if
infested trees are young. The primary
effect of larval feeding is to cause the
tree to produce copious amounts of
resin.
Males are attracted to
sticky trap by pheromone
lure and removed from
reproductive cycle.
Delta traps available in
green or red for easier
spotting on trees.
Please contact us for more information and ordering
traps, lures and SQPM monitorong kits.
Advanced Pheromone Technologies, Inc.
PO Box 417, Marylhurst, OR 97036-0417
phone: 315-299-2598, fax: 815-425-6149, e-mail: [email protected]