Oak Processionary Moth

[David Humphries]

Didn't realise that they could be found so low down.

 

Don't envy you sean

 

 

Good luck with it

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

Didn't realise that they could be found so low down.

 

David,

See my post to Janey : OPM.

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[RopeKnight]

I have been practicing this with success on many insects.

What ever you gather, instead of disposing, create a slurry of their body parts and water and sling back into the trees. Or squish them in place.

Nothing like death to promote natural or present viruses, fungi and bacteria as a bettter long term solution for control.

I have done this with nesting caterpillars, magnolia scale,J. beetles etc with good success.

[sean]

Man it was goddam hot today....Scrambling around in this heat up in the canopy.....fully suited up.....gimp mask and goggles and rubber gloves. Had to call the climbing off so just removed nests with the mewp today. Invariably thought the platform will reach its limit and so out i get...into the tree and up to the top to get a nest. And then see another,,,,,and another. TOO HOT!!

 

We are averaging around 30 nests a day now..!!!!!....Tip and iceberg spring to mind:thumbdown:

[sean]

finding lots of missed nests from last year. I'd love to know the percentage of nests we are actually finding to those that actually exist. I fear its very low. Beginning to wonder what the answer is.....especially in a site such as Richmond Park.

 

Where are you finding them? In parks etc?

Edited August 1, 2011 by Steve Bullman

[David Humphries]

Still nothing bar the odd male in the leafy North of the Capital.

 

Must just like slumming it in the West I guess

 

 

 

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[Craig Johnson]

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Unfortunately, there are several privately owned sites in the outbreak zone that have consistently refused to do anything about their infested trees. As an unsurprising consequence, it doesn't matter how good Ealing's effort is, the surrounding trees will be continually re infested

 

 

is it not worth serving them with a public health or similar order to do somthing:sneaky2: small minded people who cant see the bigger picture:thumbdown:

[sean]

Another 2 weeks of this bloody nest removal. Over 100 nests we took out today.......mewping and climbing.

 

They have entered their chrysalis stage now so getting ready to fly!! Getting pretty demoralising to tell the truth.

[RobArb]

is there any natural predators to OPM?

[RobArb]

as the moth is from southern europe is there not a natural predator there that can be introduced here to help eradicate the pest?

 

would the introduction of an outside species be ecological viable and would they even survive here?

 

would they then cause a problem themselves once (if it worked) the OPM outbreak was under control or eradicated?