Name: Spichiger, Sven-Erik (Researcher)PrintGo Back

Institution: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Description of Expertise:

My research centers around the protection of plant industries from insect pests. We often collaborate with members of the research community to help develop new monitoring or control strategies for pests that impact plant industried in Pennsylvania. In addition we are tasked with the development and implementation of responses to newly introduced pests. My team is strong in surviellance and insect identification, and we can be a good source for specimen material, and have a strong insect reference collection which focuses on plant pests.

Phone: (717) 772-5229

States: Pennsylvania

Species: Terrestrial Invertebrates, Ants, Asian long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), Brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys), Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), Hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae), Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica), Sawyer beetles (Monochamus scutellatus, M. notatus), Sirex woodwasp (Sirex noctilio), Spotted-wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii), Viburnum leaf beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni), Winter moth (Operophtera brumata), Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula), all other insects invasive to Pennsylvania,

Ecosystems: Agricultural, Forest, Urban

Research Areas: Extension and education, Impacts (ecological, social, economic), Mapping/modelling, Management techniques (biological control, mechanical/manual, chemical), Public policy, Risk assessment

Last updated: September 21, 2015 at 7:13 am