FIDL Facts   (aka FIDL Faddle)

• Number of active FIDLs: 174
     by geographic region:
          * 66 eastern FIDLs (38%)
          * 62 western FIDLs (36%)
          * 46 transcontinental (26%)
   
     by subject:
          * 99 entomology FIDLs (57%)
          * 70 pathology FIDLs (40%)
          *   5 multiple or unknown agents (3%)
   
     by favored host category:
          * 117 favor conifers (67%)
          *   50 favor hardwoods (29%)
          *     7 feed on both (4%)
   
     FIDL numbers
          * range from #1 to #177
          * 3 are discontinued: #4, #19, #48
  
• Most recent new FIDL: #177 Schweinitzii Root and Butt Rot of Western Conifers (2010)
• Most recent revised FIDLs:
      #12 Black Turpentine Beetle (2010)
      #55 Red Turpentine Beetle (2010)
• Oldest unrevised FIDL: #16 Pole Blight of Western White Pine (1957)
• Shortest Time Between Revisions: 6 months
       #76 Annosus Root Rot in Eastern Conifers
            revised in June 1970 & December 1970
       #121 Poplar-and-Willow Borer
            revised in January 1972 & July 1972
  
• Author Information:
  Most Prolific (current versions only): Louis F. Wilson (14)
       runners-up: Bob Mathiasen (10), Jerry Beatty (8)
  Most Prolific (all versions): Louis F. Wilson (31)
       runners-up: Harvey MacAloney(10), Bob Mathiasen (10), Don Schmiege(10)
  # of Different Authors (all versions): 266
  Most Co-Authors: #177 Invasive Bark Beetles
       (5 authors)

    Thanks to Brennan Ferguson
    for some "FIDL Facts" ideas.