Site Name: Date:
Organisation: Time of Day:
Observer(s):
Current Weather Conditions
1) Sunny / Partly Cloudy / Overcast / Rain
2) Strong Wind / Light Wind / Calm
3) Temperature (°C) 25
Insect Information
4) Number found: Adults Nymphs Egg Batches
5) Overall feeding damage: None / Light / Moderate / Heavy
6) Time spent searching:
7) How far away did you look (m):
<20 / 20-50 / 50-100 / 100-300 / 300-500 / Further?
8) Furthest distance insects or damage found from release point (m):
WOOLLY NIGHTSHADE LACEBUG
None Found / <20 / 20-50 / 50-100 / 100-300 / 300-500 / Further?
Weed Information
9) Most obvious life stage: Growing / Flowering / Fruiting
10) Woolly nightshade type at release point: Isolated Plants / Patches / Block
Comments
11) Have any of the following happened to the site recently? Yes / No
Mowing / Spraying / Grazing / Flood / Drought / Fire / Other?
12) Please use the rest of the sheet to record any further observations or
comments about the site. Continue over the page if necessary.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THIS SHEET
(Please note that it is important to complete these questions in order)
Where choices are given mark the correct answer by bolding or highlighting it or by deleting the
other options.
Site Name – please be consistent in the use of site names to prevent confusion.
Organisation – the name of your organisation.
Observer(s) – the names of people who helped with this recovery not onlookers.
Current Weather Conditions
1-3) Choose the words that best describe the weather conditions.
Insect information
4) Look for the pale brown winged adults or the smaller nymphs during the warmer months of the year..
They will often be feeding together in groups and there will be characteristic spots of dark frass
around the leaf margins. The darkish eggs are laid in large batches on the undersides of leaves.
5) Record the amount of feeding damage seen overall at the release point (e.g. light is less than 25%
of leaves damaged, moderate would be 25-50% damaged and heavy more than 50% damaged).
Damaged leaves looked bleached and fall prematurely.
6) Record the amount of time spent searching.
7) Record how far away you looked.
8) How far away from the release point you can find evidence of the lace bug?
Weed Information
9) Record the most obvious life stage.
10) Record the type of woolly nightshade infestation at the release point.
Comments
11) Please indicate if any of these important events have happened to the site.
12) Tell us any other important information we should know about the site (e.g. whether you
have been harvesting thelace bugs for release at new sites). Use the top of this page if you
need extra space.