Acknowledgments 
Arnold T. Drooz, principal research entomologist, Southeastern Forest Experi- 
ment Station, Asheville, N.C., edited and coordinated materials from a team of 
specialists, who called upon others as needed. The original intent was to use as 
much of W. L. Baker’s “Eastern Forest Insects” as possible, making only a 
minimum of changes. This proved impractical, as a number of specialists suggested 
that major up-dating was needed. These requests were allowed. 
Only a few members of the team are qualified taxonomists. Therefore, the text 
was submitted to systematists in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Smithso- 
nian Institution for verification of the scientific names. Warm and grateful thanks 
and appreciation are due all of these people and their organizations for providing 
their time, expertise, and valuable suggestions toward completing this volume. 
The names, organizations, and contribution of each member of this team are 
listed to cordially recognize their help. The following specialists revised and 
rewrote the subject matter of the text that follows their names: 
Canadian Forestry Service, St. John’s, Newfoundland 
Arthur G. Raske—Staphylinidae 
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven 
John F. Anderson—Lymantriidae 
Duke University, School of Forestry, Durham, N.C. 
Roger F. Anderson, retired—Forest Insects to Isoptera 
Iowa State University, Department of Entomology, Ames 
James W. Mertins—Lepidoptera to Noctuidae 
North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology, Raleigh 
Herbert H. Neunzig—Pyralidae 
State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 
Syracuse 
Douglas C. Allen—Geometridae, Notodontidae 
Gerald N. Lanier—most of Scolytidae 
Roy A. Norton—Insects and Related Organisms 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service 
David E. Donley, Morgantown, W. Va.—Diptera 
Bernard H. Ebel, Olustee, Fla. —Pyralidae 
Gerhard F. Fedde, formerly Athens, Ga.—Aphididae 
Cynthia K. Franklin, formerly Research Triangle Park, N.C.—Mutillidae 
through Apoidea 
Paul B. Godwin, Hamden, Conn.—Rhyncophora 
Michael I. Haverty, Berkeley, Calif. —Isoptera 
Cyrus J. Hay, retired, Delaware, Ohio—Cerambycidae 
William E. Miller, formerly St. Paul, Minn.—Tortricidae 
Jack C. Nord, Research Triangle Park, N.C.,—ambrosia beetles and 
Platypodidae 
John W. Peacock, Delaware, Ohio—Insects and Tree Diseases 
James D. Solomon, Stoneville, Miss.—Cossidae, Cerambycidae 
