| 2652062 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Aerial spray operations- ground support personnel using hand held wind goose to monitor wind speed. Usually no pesticides are applied by air when wind exceeds 8 mph. This is done to prevent drift of pesticide away from target area. |
| 2651001 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
brightly colored ballons deployed in air to mark spray boundary to assist helicopter pilots |
| 2651006 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
spray helicopter used on project; note large spray booms not seen on observation helicopters |
| 2651007 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
close-up view of spray boom of spray helicopter; objects attached to boom are spray nozzles which put out a fine mist of pesticide |
| 2652089 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Port of Tacoma, domestic logs floated down river and exported out of country |
| 2652090 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Tacoma- loading logs for export on SCA barges |
| 2652091 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
logs for export being loaded on ship |
| 2652098 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
ground support personnel preparing balloons for use in aerial spray operations-helium balloons used to mark spray boundaries and sensitive sites to assist pilots of spray helicopters |
| 2652099 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
ground support personnel preparing balloons for use in aerial spray operations-helium balloons used to mark spray boundaries and sensitive sites to assist pilots of spray helicopters |
| 2652100 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
ground support personnel preparing balloons for use in aerial spray operations-helium balloons used to mark boundaries and sensitive sites to assist pilots of spray helicopters |
| 2652060 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
spray card to monitor pesticide spray pattern |
| 2652061 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Use of dye to monitor spray application and deposition. |
| 2651008 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
loading spray helicopter with fuel and pesticide between flights - spraying usually starts at dawn and continues as long as weather permits each day |
| 2651009 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
spray helicopter preparing loading zone to begin spraying-usually several helicopters fly in formation to apply wide, even swaths of chemical |
| 2651010 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
spray helicopter viewed from ground |
| 2651011 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
spray helicopter flying over urban area-note second helicopter flying in formation in background |
| 2652038 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Aerial treatment operations- fixing wing aircraft applying pesticide over forest |
| 2652039 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Aerial treatment operations-Kytons (helium filled mini-blimps) are used to mark spray boundaries and sensitive sites for aircraft applying pesticides. |
| 2652040 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Ground treatment operations- truck mounted mist blower treating trees. This powerful spray can reach up into crowns of 50 ft. trees |
| 2652054 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Ground spray operations-In January pesticides will be applied using ground spray rig; shown in background. |
| 2652055 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
ground spray operations - truck mounted mist blower used for applying pesticide |
| 2652056 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
aerial spray operations - yellow helium balloon used to mark spray boundaries; serve as reference points for pilots operating spray aircraft |
| 2652057 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
aerial spray operations -helicopter with booms spraying over an urban area; ground support for helicopter in white truck, usually communicate over radios-help pilots assess application of pesticides and environmental conditions |
| 2652058 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
helicopter spraying pesticide over wooded area |
| 2652059 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
aerial spray operations - helicopter spraying pesticide over mountainous area |
| 2651002 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Forest Service personnel used to support spray operations-communicate via radio with spray pilots about weather conditions and other needs |
| 2651003 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
in addition to observation and direction provided from ground personnel, other support comes from observers riding in helicopters above spray helicopters |
| 2651004 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
careful coordination is needed to insure safe and accurate pesticide applications-everyone needs to know what others are doing |
| 2651005 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
maps indicating spray blocks are used by pilots of observation and spray helicopters- help coordinate pesticide applications |
| 2652063 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
aerial spray operations ground support personnel using a dye card to check pesticide deposition-helicopter in background |
| 2652064 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
aerial spray operations - ground support personnel using dye card to check pesticide deposition-helicopter in background |
| 2652088 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Port of Tacoma, Washington, where Asian gypsy moth were detected in 1991-resulting in 3 yrs. eradicaion project costing about $20 million US |
