A defoliating forest insect is building “almost in a circle around us,” threatening both logging values and backyard trees, a provincial entomologist based in Kamloops said Friday. While analysis is not yet complete, Lorraine MacLauchlan said there is evidence of rising Western budworm attack on fir trees close to the city. “If you drive over the Coquihalla you get a sense – it’s severe… You walk into stands,” she said. “You see defoliation and there’s moths everywhere.” …Unlike pine beetle, however, there is an effective way to reduce building populations.
Oct 10, 2012
Kamloops Daily News
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