It feels like spring is already here. I saw a cabbage white butterfly last week.
In the spring and summer, I work as the Pest Board Coordinator for Skagit County. I am looking forward to this time and I hope to put my results together in a way that is more accessible to people. Some of that may involve putting more observations on iNaturalist. There are also some services offered through Washington State University that would be a great way to share data.
I would also like to publish weekly blogs or listserv emails that summarize data and trends.
Some of the things I want to monitor for in addition to my main pest species are new invasive insects and weeds. I recently took on some new duties with regards to weed management and while I've been paying attention to them, I want to redouble my efforts. Palmer amaranth is an invasive newly found in the state. While it's unlikely to appear in Skagit County I want to keep an eye out for it.
I also have picked out a couple monitoring sites for emerald ash borer. There is one stand of ash trees near the Skagit Regional Airport and another in south Burlington. I will check on these periodically. There are other ash trees in the area as well.
I don't usually post journal entries but this could be a good way for me to collect my thoughts.
Lots of ash planted in the Target parking lot.
It must have just emerged. Found indoors. I posted a chrysalis a few weeks ago and there were several others of those.
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