The emerald ash borer is a destructive invasive pest which has killed tens of millions of trees across North America and has now been sighted in Vancouver.
- Adjunct professor, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, and the Graduate Department of Forestry, University of Toronto
La chenille Lymantria dispar a dévoré 17 000 kms carrés d’arbres depuis les années 1980. Cet insecte invasif a été importé dans les années 1880 pour lancer l’industrie de la soie en Amérique du Nord.
The caterpillar, Lymantria dispar, has eaten through 17,000 square kilometres of trees since the 1980s. The invasive insect was imported in the 1880s to launch a North American silk industry.
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