About

Andrew is an ecological entomologist whose broad interests and research revolve around Forest Health and Biosecurity. He undertakes a range of basic and applied research with special interests in improved and novel pest detection methods as well as pest management.

Qualifications

MSc (1^st Hons) (Ecology, Lincoln University 2013), PGDip Sci (Biosecurity and Conservation, Auckland University 2012), BSc (Biosecurity, Lincoln University 2011)

Research capabilities

Insect Biology & Ecology, Pest surveillance, Invasive species management, Market access, Experimental design

Career highlights

Team Lead (Scion Entomology) 2024- present

Forest Health News Editor 2017-2023

Senior Entomology Technician (Scion) 2013-2017

Research Assistant (BioProtection Research Centre) 2011-2013

Selected papers

A Pugh, M Trower, C Mercier, M Bartlett, R Sutherland, A Cridge (2025) Environmental DNA profiling for detecting plant-insect interactions in endangered and native flora. Folia Oecologica, 52(1).

R Smart, SR Quarrell, R Corkrey, TM Withers, AR Pugh, D Satchell, GR Allen (2023) Circadian and seasonal flight activity differences between the sexes of the biocontrol agent Eadya daenerys (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and the impact of host size on adult emergence. Austral Entomology, 62(3), 333-344

R Sutherland, N Meurisse, AR Pugh, CM Ranger, ME Reding, JL Kerr, J Russell, TM Withers (2023) Phenological observations and trapping tactics for the granulate ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in New Zealand. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 25(3), 355-364

EG, Brockerhoff, BA Gresham, N Meurisse, HF Nahrung, A Perret-Gentil, AR Pugh, SL Sopow, RM Turner (2023) Pining away and at home: global utilisation of Pinus radiata by native and non-native insects. NeoBiota, 84, 137-167.

GA Avila., FH MacDonald, SK Hunt, K Santos, M Alavi, AR Pugh, BA Gresham, B Pearce, A Prache, TM Withers (2023) Field assessment of parasitism on the New Zealand endemic Nyctemera annulata by Cotesia urabae: Can non-target impacts be ruled out? Biological Control, 178, 105-136

AR Pugh, CM Romo, GK Clare, N Meurisse, MK Bader, SM Pawson (2023) Temperature Effects on the Survival and Development of Two Pest Bark Beetles Hylurgus ligniperda F. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Hylastes ater Paykull (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Environmental Entomology, 52(1), 56-66

TM Withers, GR Allen, CL Todoroki, AR Pugh, BA Gresham (2021) Observations of parasitoid behaviour in both no‐choice and choice tests are consistent with proposed ecological host range. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 169, 97-110.

AR Pugh, TM Withers, EM Peters, GR Allen, CB Phillips (2020) Why introducing a parasitoid of Paropsis charybdis Stål, 1860 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larvae is expected to enhance biological control of this Eucalyptus pest in New Zealand. Austral Entomology, 59, 829-837.

TM Withers, CL Todoroki, GR Allen, AR Pugh, BA Gresham (2020) Host testing of Eadya daenerys, a potential biological control agent for the invasive chrysomelid pest Paropsis charybdis, predicts host specificity to eucalypt-leaf feeding Paropsina. BioControl, 65, 25-36.