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Survey Procedures<br />

Caterpillar frass droppings on the forest floor below the tree canopy. This<br />

can be collected in nylon nets (300 µm) set up around the perimeter <strong>of</strong> a<br />

tree (le-Mellec and Michalzik, 2008).<br />

Fragments <strong>of</strong> pine tree needles that fall to the forest ground as a result <strong>of</strong><br />

feeding.<br />

Figure 4-1 Trimming branches from Khasia pine, Pinus kesiya, to examine<br />

Masson Pine Caterpillar infestation levels (William M. Ciesla,<br />

Forest Health Management International, Bugwood.org).<br />

4-6 Dendrolimus Pine Moths 12/2012-01

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