Gypsy Moth inspections

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joe

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I've resently learned Gypsy Moth, along with eab, has entered my area of the country. To those who have been confronting the gypsy moth, what can be considered a reasonable price to inspect a property for gm before a potential client leaves an infested area for a non-infested area? Are there many requests for gm inspections? What do you look for outside of what's printed in federal brochures? Do any of you treat properties with a general insecticide before you consider movable items free of gm?

Joe
 
GM is endemic here, so we scout for it whenever we are on a property. When climbing we will charge a nominal extra to carry spray bottles of veg-oil emulsion with us.

Infestation levels are pretty obviouse, and if they were there last year you just figure to do an app of Bt around the time the common lilac are blooming. If I remember right they are easiest to control in the first and second instars.

The biggest problem is having the right pump:hose:orifice combo to get tall trees. Many companies that do GM around here will have 3/4 in hose on one real with a gun that has a big tip. One guy has 1 in hose, and both will kill a tank fast.

Anyone need water column and fracture explanations?

Every year we kill good trees because people cannot stand the cat's falling out, or defecating on the deck. Ive seen some sites where the little poop-pellets fall like rain. These sites might call for a systemic injection prior to first hatch.

It depends on your ethos, some people are more prone to protective treatments because they do not want to have to do free follow-up's
 
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Anyone need water column and fracture explanations?


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I'd like a good explanation. We have top dieback on cedars more commonly, and have seen some large Doug-firs with dead tops that have been attributed to water column fractures, but I haven't heard details of the mechanism, etc.

I don't really know anything about GM.

Where does the cat come into this?
 
JPS-you're a walking encyclopedia at times, thanks. But, I read a gov't brochure which states people who move from an area quarantined due to gm, to an uninfested area must have a certificate stating all outdoor household items to be transported are free of all gm life stages. What do you or any1 else charge for inspections if you do them? Are there any tips that can be shared which creates a common approach to most or all inspections, such as, start with an item and end with another item? Or, inspect each item with 1 angle, then move towards another? Do you teach people about self inspections which are acceptable by the usda?

SS cat=caterpillar

Joe
 
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