Results of the 2013-2014 Wood Boring Beetle Surveys from the Regional Identification Center of the USDA-APHIS (Eastern Region) at Mississippi State University

Since 2009 the Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM) has served as a Screening and Identification Center for the USDA-APHIS Eastern Region.  Currently the Screening Center supports Cooperative Agricultural Pest Surveys in Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee for exotic wood borers/bark beetles, Sirex woodwasps, and a wide range of Lepidoptera pests.   Each year the Screening Center has seen an increase in the number of samples submitted for screening and the number of positive samples identified.   Results of the screening center will be presented , along with any new records.