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Verbenone Pine Beetle Repellent helps protect your high-value pine trees.
The Pine Beetle is the most destructive forest pest in North America.
The Canadian Forest Service describes the current pine beetle epidemic as the largest insect infestation in North American history.
Mountain Pine Beetles have a one year life cycle. In late summer (usually July-Aug in Rocky Mountain States) the newly hatched adults leave the tree of their metomorphosis, seeking out larger trees (usually over 13" diameter if possible) in the surrounding area. (In areas with heavy infestation, beetle hatchlings may take even smaller trees as pressure to get ANY tree increases). When the adults arrive, they begin tunneling under the bark, lay eggs, which turn to larvae and live through the winter to produce more egg-laying adults to attack more trees.
Colorado State University Extension services estimates that one infested tree will kill at least two and possibly more trees. Thus the exponential devastation occurs.
With the exception of the actual beetle images, all pictures on this site are taken at or near our property near Estes Park, Colorado. It is our pride and joy - our sanctuary.
We, personally, have chosen Verbenone above all other products to protect our own precious trees and the fantastic wildlife that depend on them.
Verbenone and how it works. |
Beetles and other insects communicate using pheromones. Verbenone – a synthetic pheromone treatment for high value pine trees – replicates the beetle pheromone, sending a message that the tree is full and that the food supply is insufficient for additional beetles. Arriving beetles receive the ‘message’ that they should look elsewhere for a suitable host.
Verbenone helps control:
Mountain Pine Beetle; Dendractonus ponderosae
Southern Pine Beetle - Denraoctonus brevicomis
Red Turpentine Beetles - Dendroctonus valens
Pine Engraver - Ips pini
Northern Spruce Engraver - Ips perturbatus
California Five-spined Ips - Ips paraconfusus
And can be used on:
Lodgepole Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Whitebark Pine, Western White Pine, Southwestern White Pine, Limber Pine, Sugar Pine, Coulter Pine, Monterey Pine, Jack Pine, Red Pine, Jeffery Pine, Scotch Pine, Knobcane Pine, Bristlecone Pine, Bishop Pine, Aleppo Pine, Torrey Pine, Spruce Pine, Digger PIne, Pinion Pine, Pitch Pine, Slach Pine, Longleaf Pine, Shortleaf Pine, Virginia Pine, Pond Pine, Eastern White Pine, Loblolly Pine, Englemann Spruce, White Spruce, Lutz Spruce, and Sitka Spruce
Does Verbenone really work? |
Verbenone has been used as part of integrated pest management programs (IPM) for more than a decade. Many studies show that areas treated with Verbenone, as part of an IPM program, fare significantly better than those that are not. Commercially used in 2007 in MT, WY, ID by Forest Service, State Agencies, Recreation Areas, Home Owner's Asssociatons in high value recreational or private land holdings.
Verbenone is environmentally safe and non-toxic to humans, pets, birds, and even the beetles themselves. Registered by EPA and most Rocky Mountain States. All pheromones in controlled release dispensers are approved organic by USDA/NOP. It is user and Eco-Friendly. Unlike the insecticides approved for Mt. Pine Beetle control,Verbenone does not kill bees, beneficial insects, aquatic organisms. Not restricted use. Always follow label instructions.
Easy to use controlled release dispenser that is hung on individual specimen trees or placed in a grid pattern when wanting to protect acreage. It is our recommendaton that you staple or nail the first Verbenone pouch 7 - 10 feet high (2m) on the north face of the tree just prior to beetle flight season (April to Aug, depending upon location). Attach the second pouch just prior to PEAK flight (usually late July - August in the northern Rockies). If late in the season, use the second pouch for a second tree.
(If used for Ips Beetles, the season is longer as two to four generations of these beetles usually develop per year. Overwintering beetles begin emerging in spring as soon as daytime temperatures consistently reach 50 F to 60 F. However, timing can be difficult to determine since ips beetles can have multiple, overlapping generations and life cycles. Use earlier and repeatedly through October.)
For protecting stands of trees, use at least one pouch every 25 feet in a perimeter surrounding the stand. Also place a Verbenone pouch on the North side of the largest tree. By encircling the stand and boosting the repellent on the most desirable tree, the pouches can be used in more economical fashion and may help to protect more than the one tree per pouch.
If your trees may be attacked from unattended neighboring property, try to create a Verbenone barrier on trees on the windward side of your trees (as described above) in a perimeter no more than 25 feet apart and boosting the protection on your largest trees.
Verbenone is prescribed as part of a multi-faceted approach to mountain pine beetle management. No single treatment can totally prevent attacks. Additionally, preventative measures will need to be repeated each year or each flight season in areas with more than one season annually.
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Studies have shown that during epidemic conditions, the pressure from beetle populations who must go SOMEWHERE (even if conditions are not optimum for them) may reduce the effectiveness of all treatments. Given the "find a tree of any size or perish" imperative that emerging pine beetles face, they may habituate to both chemicals and pheromones. However, we still have a few years to work on the problem in areas that are not yet overrun. That time may give just the breather necessary to let nature begin to draw back the danger or for other management techniques to take hold.
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