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Forest entomologist Paul E. Buffam preparing to release a colony of Aphidoletes thompsoni adults from Czechoslovakia in a cage on heavily infested grand fir. Benton-Lane Park. Monroe, Oregon.

Photo by: R.G. Mitchell Date: July 1958

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. Collection: Portland Station Collection; La Grande, Oregon. Image: PS-2039

To learn more about this photo collection see: Wickman, B.E., Torgersen, T.R. and Furniss, M.M. 2002. Photographic images and history of forest insect investigations on the Pacific Slope, 1903-1953. Part 2. Oregon and Washington. American Entomologist, 48(3), p. 178-185.

For more information about Chermes see: <a href="https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/8674/tec_bul_62_.pdf?sequence=1" rel="nofollow">ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/86...</a> Mitchell RG. 1962. Balsam woolly aphid predators native to Oregon and Washington. Technical Bulletin 62. Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University. 63 p.

For additional historic forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site: <a href="http://wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources" rel="nofollow">wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources</a>

Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth" rel="nofollow">www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth</a>
Date Taken in July 1958
Source 1958. Forest entomologist Paul E. Buffam preparing to release a colony of Aphidoletes thompsoni adults from Czechoslovakia in a cage on heavily infested grand fir. Benton-Lane Park. Monroe, Oregon.
Author R6, State & Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection

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