Wednesday, August 16, 2023

 INVASIVE INSECT ALERT!


Climate change has brought a number of new insects to Vermont. Read about the latest which is attacking the few elm trees that remain here. In the past ten years we have had to deal with the Emerald Ash Borer, the Pine Borer originally from Montana, the Eastern Tamarack Beetle, and now the Spotted Lantern Fly is in southern New Hampshire so probably here in Vermont too. Things are not looking good for our forests.


Read on.


https://vtdigger.org/2023/08/15/invasive-insect-found-zigzagging-on-vermont-elm-trees\