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Updates and Outlook: Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs

When: 
March 16, 2022 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: 

Online

CANCELED: Insects and their relatives always garner much attention in our managed landscapes and natural areas. This presentation will cover quick updates for the need-to-know invasives (ex. spotted lanternfly, emerald ash borer, etc.) and others. Keep an eye out for some potential newcomers, box tree moth included. Accurately identifying insects is the first step in determining proper management strategies, also to be mentioned. 


Tawny Simisky is a Woody Ornamental Entomology Specialist with UMass Extension and the interim team leader of the Landscape, Nursery, and Urban Forestry Program. She develops resources and implements educational programs for landscape professionals, arborists, and grounds managers. She provides entomological and diagnostic support to the UMass Plant Diagnostics Lab. Prior to this position, she worked with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Forest Health Program, where she was involved with the eradication of the Asian long-horned beetle, monitoring the emerald ash borer, hemlock woolly adelgid and other forest pests throughout the state. She earned her M.S. Degree in Ecology and Environmental Science with a focus on Entomology from the University of Maine, Orono. While at UMaine, her research focused on biosurveillance to monitor for the invasive emerald ash borer. Prior to her Masters work, Simisky earned both a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology and Environmental Science from Westfield State University in Westfield, MA.

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