Subject:  Orange and Green sticky traps
Date:   Thu, 30 Sep 1999 13:53:44 -0500
From:  "Joe Benavides" <jbenavid@agr.state.tx.us>
To:    "Lonnie Moore" <lonnie moore>
Mr. Moore,
I am with the Texas Department of Agriculture in San Antonio and the traps you described are Federal/State Insect traps. These have been  placed in certain areas of our state to detect movement of the Gypsy Moth, which occurs heavily in the Northern States and is a problem for hardwoods here. The moth in the caterpillar stage defoliates host trees and shrubs giving summer scenes a barren, wintry look.
The traps themselves (both orange and green, same purpose) have a pheremone strip inside and once the moth goes in, it stays in due to the sticky material inside the trap. We monitor these traps on a monthly basis and send in suspect catches to a Federal lab in Louisianna for identification. At this time there is no action protocol except to place more traps in the immediate area in case of positive finds, of which there aren't any to date. I can mail you some handouts that go into detail about the moth itself and its destructive capablilties. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at (210) 820-0288 in San Antonio.  Our address is :
 Texas Department of Agriculture
          8918 Tesoro
          San Antonio, Texas   78217
          (210) 820-0288

(note, these traps were removed in October 1999 and then appeared again in our area in May 2001)

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