Do you know about the "pine leaf worm" disaster?
Pine leaf bee larvae
Pine leaf bees, belonging to the order Hymenoptera, are the new "fierce enemies" that endanger pine trees, with the characteristics of fast spread and difficult control. The larvae feed on the needles, often eating the leaves, the pine forest seems to burn like a fire, resulting in the death of a piece of pine forest, and in recent years, the low mountains and hilly areas have been rampant. In addition, the poisonous hair of the insect touches the human body, causing redness, swelling or erosion, and the poisonous hair pollutes the water source and affects human health.
Recently, the Jinchuan County Forestry and Grassland Bureau Huitong County Highway Bureau in view of the G248 Jinchuan and Ganzi Prefecture Danba County junction section of the street tree radiator pine occurrence of pine leaf insect hazards, organized technical personnel to use vehicle-mounted mobile spray chemical control and manual pruning and cocooning as auxiliary low-density insect population control measures, more than 50 adult and young pine trees in the pest area to carry out the first stage of pest emergency control operations, achieved positive poisoning effects, timely control of the spread of insect pests.
It is understood that the rate of insect strains in the operation area has reached 100%. According to the "Emergency Prevention and Control Plan", at present, the Forest Disease and Pest Control and Quarantine Station of the Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Jinchuan County has implemented special personnel to carry out patrol and monitoring, and will implement the second and third stages of pest control operations in a timely manner, consolidate the effect of poisoning and killing, and ensure the high-quality development of local ecological achievements.