Invasive pest alert-FLA

[John Paul Sanborn]

"The discovery of a single specimen of an Old World woodwasp raises red
flags across the nation because the invasive insect species has
devastated up to 80 percent of pine trees in areas of New Zealand,
Australia, South America and South Africa. If established in the United
States, it would threaten pines coast-to-coast, particularly in the
pine-dense states in the Southeast."

A link to the complete press release and a color image is available on
the UF/IFAS Pest Alert site.

The UF/IFAS Pest Alert WWW site is available at
http://pestalert.ifas.ufl.edu/ .

Instructions for subscribing and unsubscribing to
the UF/IFAS Pest Alert listserv are available on site.

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[vharrison2]

It looks like they found the bug in Fulton, NY and U of F put out an alert. Ahhh those Floridians lookin out for the New Yorkers

 

[Ekka]

Sirex wood wasp

Not good.

Here's some info ...

http://www.forestrytas.com.au/fores...ets/insect_pests/pestsinfosheet7sirexwasp.pdf

We are pretty much over it now but just like fire ants here you don't want these over there ... we controlled the fire ant invasion quickly because of your knowledge and chemicals and it'll be vice versa now. I'm sure the brass will be straight onto it, too much to lose.

 

[vharrison2]

Ekka, thanks for the link