Invasive SpeciesHemlock wooly adelgid

Adelges tsugae
NOT FOUND by Zephyr6549
2012-10-23
Orono
ID Confirmed
Quality checked by thegoofs
Peer reviewed by thegoofs
Field Notes
I am happy because... we get to have class outside today! Questions and problems I ran into... the camera wouldn't always focus - pictures wouldn't come out without a lot of work. I see, hear, and smell... the cars that are on the road around where we are. They are loud, and they send out fumes that smell. I am surprised by what I found or didn't find because... we found white fuzz every so often so we thought maybe we found our invasive species. But they were just little worm.
A sketch of our study site.
Supporting Evidence
Photo of my evidence.
We looked on the bottom of several branches on several of the Eastern Hemlock trees that we found. They were all clear of the white waxy tufts described and depicted on the identification sheet.
Species Observation: Species Looked For
Did you find it?: 
I think I did not find it
Scientific name:
Adelges tsugae
Common name:
Hemlock wooly adelgid
Sampling method: 
Just looking around
Photo of our sampling method.
Place Studied
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Latitude: 
N 44.896175 °
Longitude: 
W -68.662357 °
Observation Site Information
A photo of our study site.
Habitat: 
Upland - Forest
Trip Information
Name:
Rangely Road
Trip date: 
Tue, 2012-10-23 17:17
Town or city: 
Orono
Type of investigation: 
Species Survey
Ecosystem: 
Upland
Watershed: 
Penobscot

Comments

Submitted by Akanoti on Tue, 2012-10-30 09:46.

Texture is very important in

Texture is very important in discerning between hemlock woolly adelgid and its imposters. Fresh wax on HWA looks wispy, like threads of a cotton ball. This time of year the insects have resumed feeding (after a summer dormancy or aestivation)and are just beginning to be fringed with fresh wax strands.

Submitted by vitalsleuth on Fri, 2012-10-26 20:37.

I'm glad you are looking for

I'm glad you are looking for the adelgid, and I'm glad you did not find it. Those look like very excellent hemlocks. Are you going to keep checking them?