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Climate Change Database Clearinghouse: Insects
FEDERAL AGENCIES
Organization: National Park Service (NPS)
Contact: Anne Chazal
Email: anne.chazal@dcr.virginia.gov
Web address: http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata/datastore.cfm?ID=44575
Database name: Lepidoptera and Odonata Survey Data from George Washington Birthplace National Monument and Colonial National Historical Park
Description: In 2003, the National Park Service contracted with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage (DCR-DNH) to conduct an inventory of the diurnal Lepidoptera and Odonata on George Washington Birthplace National Monument (GEWA), Westmoreland County, Virginia and Colonial National Historical Park (COLO), located in James City, Surry, and York counties, Virginia. Between May-July 2003 and April-October 2004, DCR-DNH conducted surveys. At George Washington Birthplace, 51 species of Lepidoptera and 37 species of Odenata were observed. In the Colonial National Historical Park, 57 species of Lepidoptera and 42 species of Odenata were observed. The globally rare skipper, bulenta (Rare Skipper G2G3 S1), was reconfirmed at an existing site in Colonial National Historical Park, but no further occurrences were found during targeted surveys for that species. Five watchlisted species were observed in Colonial National Historical Park: Aaron's Skipper (Poanes aaroni), Comet Darner (Anax longipes), Blue-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum ambiguum), Furtive Forktail (Ischnura prognata), and Duckweed Firetail (Telebasis byersi). All of these watchlisted species are considered common to very common and secure across their global ranges. Three watchlisted species were observed in George Washington Birthplace National Monument: Aaron's Skipper (Poanes aaroni), Comet Darner (Anax longipes), and Elegant Spreadwing (Lestes inaequalis). All of these species are considered common to very common and secure across their global ranges.
Organization: National Park Service (NPS)
Contact: GIS Specialist, Prince William Forest Park
Email: n/a
Web address: http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata/datastore.cfm?ID=21992
Database name: Prince William Forest Park Gypsy Moth defoliation 1991
Description: This coverage represents areas where Gypsy Moths have defoliated oak trees in the summer of 1991 in Prince William Forest Park. Data also available for 1992. Gypsy Moth spray project data available for 1993 and 1994.
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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STATE AGENCIES
Organization: Virginia Department of Forestry (VaDOF)
Contact: Mindia Brown
Email: Mindia.Brown@dof.virginia.gov
Web address: http://www.dof.virginia.gov/gis/datadownload.shtml
Database name: Fall Cankerworm (2002), Gypsy Moth Defoliation (2002) & (2003)
Description: The Fall Cankerworm dataset includes polygons of hardwood tree defoliation caused by larvae of the fall cankerworm, a native inchworm. Limited to extensive outbreaks of this insect occur somewhere in Virginia every few years and last from one to several years. They are more common in the mountains, but
occur in piedmont and coastal plain areas as well. Polygons are delimited mostly by aerial sketch mapping, but ground surveys are also used. Data for this layer were collected 5/31/02.
This Gypsy Moth dataset includes polygons of tree defoliation caused by gypsy moth caterpillars. They are delimited annually on 1:100,000 scale maps by aerial observers in small aircraft from altitudes of 1000 to 1500 feet above ground level. Data for these layers were collected 6/22/02 and 6/03.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Organization: Virginia Tech
Contact: Andy Roberts
Email: roberts@vt.edu
Web address: http://fubyss.ento.vt.edu/vagm/ or http://www.gmsts.org/operations/products/
Database name: Gypsy Moth trapping database
Description: The Slow the Spread (STS) Project is a large IPM project directed at the gypsy moth. The project, under the aegis of the US Forest Service, involves several administrative agencies at both state and federal levels. Participating states include Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin |
