Thursday, August 25, 2016

Asian longhorn beetle coming close


An infestation of Asian longhorn beetles has already destroyed about 20,000 trees in New York and has officials in Chicago and Cincinnati worried about some spottings there.

It is highly destructive and could wipe out woodlots, including maples.

It was spotted once in Waterloo and in Toronto and in both cases firm action by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency wiped the beetles out.

The outbreaks here were traced to wooden pallets used to deliver merchandise from China.


So far the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has posted nothing about the New York outbreak on its website.