Eight toothed spruce bark beetle

[Paul Cleaver]

Just been found in Monmouthshire.

Potentially devastating on Spruce

Ips typographus discovered in Wales for the first time

WWW.FORESTRYJOURNAL.CO.UK

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Welsh landowners, foresters and farmers are being urged to be vigilant for signs of Ips typographus.

 

[Mark Bolam]

That is not good news.

[spuddog0507]

FFS thats something else thats come on a boat ?? this country will be so f- - - - d up before long , no Larch, no Ash and now a big threat to spruce,, all we will end up with will be all the crap timber we cant do owt with only firewood or chip it ,,,

[Mike Hill]

Made a forrrrrrrtuuuuuunnnee felling Beetle kill Spruce in Alaska 20 years ago.

 

Silver lining and all that boys!

[Paul Cleaver]

Update today from the FC

New restrictions to limit impact of Ips typographus tree pest - GOV.UK

WWW.GOV.UK

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Spruce tree planting prohibited in parts of East Anglia and South East England

 

Edited October 8 by Paul Cleaver

[GarethM]

There's some waffle about it on the firewood certificate thing, including the London Plane Lace Bug.

 

Weirdly zero links to Christmas trees imported, instead blaming wind blown source from Europe.

Edited October 8 by GarethM

[slack ma girdle]

If anyone is interested ,  and you have access to Spruce, and the time every 2 weeks to collect samples. You can take part in the Ips survey.

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Thankfully nothing has turned up in west Wales this year.

[Paul Cleaver]

4 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Yes. One hell of a wind then! 🤔🧐

 

Weirdly zero links to Christmas trees imported, instead blaming wind blown source from Europe.