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Forest Pests & Diseases of NB
For information about the pests and diseases that impact New Brunswick forests, check out the links below:
photo credit: inspection.canada.ca
EMERALD ASH BORER
(Agrilus planipennis)
HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID
(Adelges tsugae)
BALSAM WOOLLY ADELGID
(Adelges piceae)
SPRUCE BUDWORM
(Choristoneura fumiferana)
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What is spruce budworm?
(Healthy Forest Partnership)
SPONGY MOTH AKA LDD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS EUROPEAN GYPSY MOTH)
(Lymantria dispar dispar)
photo credit: Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan
photo credit: Jean-Paul Laplante
The eastern spruce budworm (top: adult moth; bottom: caterpillar).
photo from NRCan website
photo from Invasive Species Centre website
(https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/invasive-species/meet-the-species/invasive-insects/gypsy-moth/)
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