Ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) responses to ice storm damage in mesic, mixed deciduous forests in southeast Ohio, United States

In the eastern United States abiotic forest disturbances are common and cause extensive tree damage. Freshly broken trees and tree branches attract bark and ambrosia beetles that utilize inner bark and xylem of damaged branches and trees to fill requisite habitat needs. An ice storm in February 2003 on the Wayne National Forest presented an opportunity to study the local ambrosia beetle species and their reaction to this storm event. Ethanol baited Lindgren traps were deployed from 2003-2006 starting in the summer after the storm. Eight native and introduced Scolytinae ambrosia beetle species were trapped in large numbers (>500 total) with a large ephemeral increase in the second summer post storm. In addition, another 36 species of Scolytinae bark beetles but only a few ambrosia beetle species were trapped in low numbers.