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Contains invited papers, short contributions, abstracts, and working group summaries from the Beech Bark Disease Symposium in Saranac Lake, NY, June 16-18, 2004.
The organisms listed are legally classified as exotic, harmful, or potentially harmful. No person may possess or place them into water of this state except as authorized by the department.
The Entomological Society of America (ESA) is accepting comments until June 10, 2022 on a proposed common name for Vespa mandarinia and two related species of Vespa hornets. Although Vespa mandarinia has been detected in the Pacific Northwest, the other two hornets are not known to occur in the United States. Currently, Vespa mandarinia is being called many different names in the popular press, but no ESA authorized common name has been established. See Common Names section for more information as it becomes available.