Plant Health & Pest Prevention Services Pest Detection/Emergency Projects
DETECTION ADVISORY

July 23, 1998

PD22-98

Japanese Beetle (JB)

Alameda County

Oakland

While inspecting Japanese Beetle traps on July 21, Alameda County trappers Ashenasi Tadesse and Carmen Franke found one dead adult male JB at Oakland International Airport. The JB was found in a trap placed outside the Federal Express building in the airport operations area.

The Japanese Beetle trap density in the area is 50 traps per square mile. In response to the find, Alameda County Department of Agriculture will place four more JB traps in the area right around the find. Due to the density of high risk traps already in place, no additional traps will be placed outside the immediate area of the find at this time.

CDFA Insect Biosystematist Terry Seeno made the determination.

SUMMARY - 1998 JAPANESE BEETLE FINDS
County	Adults		Date Last Adult	Number Airport Interceptions			Date Last Airport Interception
	Trapped	Visual		Alive	Dead	Total
Alameda	1	0	07/21/98	0	4	4	07/14/1998
Kern	1	0	07/08/1998	0	0	0	--/--/--
Los Angeles	0	0	--/--/--	0	1	1	07/08/1998
San Bernardino	0	0	--/--/--	0	2	2	07/09/1998
San Diego	0	0	--/--/--	0	4	4	07/02/1998
San Mateo	0	0	--/--/--	0	7	7	07/10/1998
Santa Clara	0	0	--/--/--	0	9	9	07/14/1998
TOTALS	2	0		0	27	27

Prepared by: John Pozzi