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Viburnum Leaf Beetle
The VLB Team
Viburnum leaf
beetle home


Logo images by Kent Loeffler, Paul Weston & Craig Cramer

In addition to all the Citizen Scientists who are essential to the success of this project, the team that helped bring this project together includes:

Department of Entomology

E. Richard Hoebeke - Researcher, detection of and survey for exotic insects in North America.

Carolyn Klass - Insect Diagnostic Laboratory , youth participation, insect identification and management.

Paul Weston - VLB researcher - charting geographical range, evaluating biorational insecticides and biological control, characterizing factors associated with resistance and susceptibility, determining degree-day thresholds for larval and adult emergence, photos.


Department of Horticulture

Lori Brewer - Project coordinator.

Craig Cramer - Website coordinator.

Marcia Eames-Sheavly - Youth participation, artwork.

Tracey Kast - Program assistant, research and planning.

Charlie Mazza - Master Gardener participation, photos.


Cornell Center for the Environment

Nancy Trautmann - Project advisor.


Cornell Cooperative Extension

David Swaciak - Viburnum key, video.

Paul Treadwell - Webmaster, hosting.


Department of Plant Pathology

Kent Loeffler - Photography.



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Project coordinator: Lori Brewer, ljb7@cornell.edu
Website design: Craig Cramer cdc25@cornell.edu

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