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Report on the Threatened Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle and its Elderberry Food Plant at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site 300.


DE200515011801

Publication Date 2004
Personal Author Arnold, R. A.; Woollett, J.
Page Count 42
Abstract This report describes the results of an entomological survey in 2002 to determine the presence of the federally-listed, threatened Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle or 'VELB' (Desmocerus culifornicus dimorphus: Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) and its elderberry food plant (Sumbucus mexicana: Caprifoliaceae) on the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) Experimental Test Site, known as Site 300. In addition, an area located immediately southeast of Site 300, which is owned and managed by the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), but secured by LLNL, was also included in this survey. This report will refer to the survey areas as the LLNL-Site 300 and the CDFG site. The 2002 survey included mapping the locations of elderberry plants that were observed using a global positioning system (GPS) to obtain positional coordinates for every elderberry plant at Site 300. In addition, observations of VELB adults and signs of their infestation on elderberry plants were also mapped using GPS technology. LLNL requested information on the VELB and its elderberry food plants to update earlier information that had been collected in 1991 (Arnold 1991) as part of the 1992 EIS/EIR for continued operation of LLNL.
Keywords
  • Beetles
  • Pest control
  • Food
  • Environmental impacts
  • California
  • Global positioning system
  • Mapping
  • Livermore Lawrence National Laboratory
  • Test sites
  • Plants
  • Valleys
  • Threats
  • Surveys
Source Agency
  • Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 200604
Report on the Threatened Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle and its Elderberry Food Plant at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site 300.
Report on the Threatened Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle and its Elderberry Food Plant at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site 300.
DE200515011801

  • Beetles
  • Pest control
  • Food
  • Environmental impacts
  • California
  • Global positioning system
  • Mapping
  • Livermore Lawrence National Laboratory
  • Test sites
  • Plants
  • Valleys
  • Threats
  • Surveys
  • Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
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