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Well I have seen over the last 40+years devastation from invasive species. I think the first one I saw as a kid was the Japanese Beetle brought into the country with the Japanese Cherry Trees that surround the DC area. They were everywhere destroying my moms roses and other trees.
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Since then the Gypsy Moth hit PA and wow did they kill off the Oaks...I remember the tunnel on the northeast turnpike stripped of dead trees on the mountain. Once the Oaks died - so did the deer, there were not enough acorns to eat. It took a long time to recover from this.
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After that is was the Emerald Ash Borer Killing off all the old growth forests here in PA. Whole trunks of trees turned red.
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Top ten insect and arthropod pests that threaten or damage landscape plants in the northeastern United States:
Well I have seen over the last 40+years devastation from invasive species. I think the first one I saw as a kid was the Japanese Beetle brought into the country with the Japanese Cherry Trees that surround the DC area. They were everywhere destroying my moms roses and other trees.
Since then the Gypsy Moth hit PA and wow did they kill off the Oaks...I remember the tunnel on the northeast turnpike stripped of dead trees on the mountain. Once the Oaks died - so did the deer, there were not enough acorns to eat. It took a long time to recover from this.
After that is was the Emerald Ash Borer Killing off all the old growth forests here in PA. Whole trunks of trees turned red.
Top ten insect and arthropod pests that threaten or damage landscape plants in the northeastern United States:
- Hemlock wooly adelgid
- Winter moths
- Japanese beetles
- Asian long-horned beetles
- Ambrosia beetles
- Southern pine beetles
- Emerald ash borer and other flat-headed borers including bronze birch borer and two-lined chestnut borer
- Weevils
- Spider mites
- Scale insects
Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you! ![:thumbup:](https://www.appalachiantrailcafe.net/wcf/images/smilies/thumbup.png)
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