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  • Hornworm horrors; squeamish gardeners need not apply.

    Dave Anderson
    August 19, 2019

    Leaving the mid-summer forest to the hungry biting deerflies, I spend more time mowing fields or watering and weeding the vegetable garden. Like ...

  • Forests Pests, the Global Economy and Climate Change

    Will Abbott
    November 9, 2018

    The emerald ash borer is one of several insects causing significant damage to native ash trees in New Hampshire.  It was first discovered here ...

  • Pitting Wasps Against Beetles

    June 1, 2015

    New Hampshire is home to roughly 25 million ash trees. Two years ago, we learned the state is also home to a devastating invasive beetle – the emerald ash borer – which can completely destroy infested stands of ash trees in as little as six years.

    Now state foresters are hoping that ...

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Signs of Early Success in Emerald Ash Borer Biocontrol Project

Forest Society Reservation Hosts Experiment
February 24, 2016
Invasives and Pests
Larvae of Tetrastichus planipennisi, an insect released to attempt to control the invasive Emerald Ash Borer

In May 2014, the N.H. Division of Forests and Lands released parasitic wasps on the Forest Society's Merrimack River Floodplain Forest in Concord. These wasps prey exclusively on emerald ash borer, an invasive pest that is threatening to wipe out all true ash trees in North America.  Just this week, the entomologists came back and discovered early signs that the introduction was successful, and that these wasps were on their way to becoming established in New Hampshire.

Click below to read the full story from UNH Cooperative Extension:

Sign of Early Success in Emerald Ash Borer Biocontrol Project

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