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INSECT AND DISEASE LABORATORY: Staff provides forest and shade-tree related insect and disease diagnosis and advice. The laboratory houses an extensive insect collection and a technical reference library. A stock of information sheets and brochures is available on many of the more common insect and disease problems (some available on-line).

You may submit a sample of insects and diseases that are affecting your trees along with a description of the damage by mail or in person. Please use our on-line reporting form or one of our printable forms when you submit a sample.

Phone: (207) 287-2431
Toll Free (in-state): 1-800-367-0223 (ask for Insect and Disease Lab)
Fax: (207) 287-2432

MFS Insect and Disease Lab
50 Hospital Street
Augusta, ME 04330

Charlene Donahue, Forest Entomologist
Allison Kanoti, Forest Entomologist
Bill Ostrofsky, Forest Pathologist
Colleen Teerling, Forest Entomologist

Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30-4:30 (Call ahead, we are often in the field)

Directions (map):

From the Cony Circle (circle on the east side of the river): Follow Stone Street (Route 9 south) to Hospital Street (Route 9 south), go straight (right lane) at the light for Eastern Ave. (Route 17). You will pass the State Police and a small fire station on your right. The office is the second driveway on the right after the fire station, it is in a light-green residential-style building--entrance at the top of the hill.
From the south: The office is the first driveway on the left after the traffic light for the Augusta Mental Health Institute (AMHI) campus.

STATE ENTOMOLOGIST

David Struble
22 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0022

Phone: (207) 287-4981
Toll Free (in-state): 1-800-367-0223
Fax: (207) 287-8422