Cooperative Agreement AP26PPQST00C041

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO TEST TRAPS FOR THE COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL PEST SURVEY PRIORITY PEST, MEGAPLATYPUS MUTATUS (AN AMBROSIA BEETLE WITH A LARGE HOST RAGE OF HARDWOOD TREES) TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CURRENT TRAP THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE ATTRACTIVE TO APOID POLLINATORS. THE CURRENT M. MUTATUS TRAP HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE TO THESE BEES AND WASPS. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WILL INSTALL MEGAPLATYPUS MUTATUS DETECTION TRAPS AT FIFTEEN SITES IDENTIFIED AS HIGH-LIKELIHOOD INTRODUCTION AND/OR ESTABLISHMENT SITES FOR THE SPECIES BASED ON LITERATURE REVIEW AND APPROVED METHODS. THIS STUDY WILL PROVIDE FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THREE ADDITIONAL TRAPS AT EACH OF THESE SITES, RESULTING IN A 2X2 FACTORIAL STUDY DESIGN INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF TRAP COLOR AS WELL AS THE APPROVED LURE ON APOIDEA BYCATCH. DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL PEST SURVEY WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATION FOR TRAPPING M. MUTATUS WHILE MITIGATING BY-CATCH OF MANAGED AND NATIVE APOIDEA. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: EFFORTS WILL SUPPORT EFFORTS OF PLANT PROTECTION AND QUARANTINE, AND OTHER COLLABORATING FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES, TO PROVIDE EARLY DETECTION TOOLS FOR THESE POTENTIALLY INVASIVE AMBROSIA BEETLES. ADDITIONALLY, THIS WORK WILL SUPPORT THE COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL PEST SURVEY.