Recently, the Outer Port Customs of Shanghai Customs intercepted more than 10 pest larvae in a batch of spruce logs imported from the Czech Republic, which were identified by the Shanghai Customs Technical Center as spruce eight-toothed beetles.
Spruce eight-toothed beetle mainly endangers spruce, larch, korean pine and other coniferous tree species, can seriously damage the vitality of trees, its reproductive ability is very strong, as a subcutaneous small beetle hazard and relatively hidden, a large number of spruce eight-toothed beetle concentrated outbreak can lead to the collective death of the entire forest, is one of the most destructive cluster forest beetles, in Europe has led to a large number of spruce deaths.
The logs have been quarantined and dehauled under the supervision of the customs of the outer port. In the critical period of epidemic prevention and control, as the front-line battlefield of the port, the customs, while making every effort to strictly prevent the import of overseas epidemics, has not relaxed the quarantine of imported plant products, strictly prevented the introduction of harmful organisms, and ensured the biosecurity of the country.