🔎 Thaumetopoea processionea is the Latin name of the final insect in the #FORSAIDPests campaign - the oak processionary moth.

🔬 Currently, FORSAID is testing smart traps to improve the monitoring of this species.

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👁️‍🗨️ We have one more fungus to share with you in the #FORSAIDPests campaign - Fusarium circinatum!

🔴 Currently, FORSAID is seeking to improve the detection of this pathogen through Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy for stand-level remote sensing.

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🌳 The #FORSAIDPests campaign continues with another member of the Agrilus genus - the emerald ash borer.

🛸 Our project will explore proximal remote sensing, environmental DNA and automatic identification tools to improve detection and monitoring of this species.

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🏁 Today, the pine wood nematode marks the end of the #FORSAIDPests campaign!

💡 FORSAID researchers are striving to innovate its detection at European and stand scales using remote sensing and environmental DNA.

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🔎 Meet the European spruce bark beetle - the latest subject of the #FORSAIDPests campaign.

💡 FORSAID is innovating remote sensing, smart trapping and automatic identification solutions to address outbreaks of this species in the Old Continent's forests.

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🍂 Cryphonectria parasitica, causal agent of the chestnut blight, is the second fungus of the #FORSAIDPests campaign!

🔎 Our partners are working towards improved identification of the pathogen via environmental DNA and efficient detection of early symptoms in seedlings.

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🦋 The insect below is the pine processionary moth, the fifth of the #FORSAIDPests we have been introducing to you over the past few weeks.

🛰️ We are looking to address its spread via European-scale remote sensing and smart trapping devices.

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🦠 We are moving from insects to fungi in the #FORSAIDPests campaign, kicking this new chapter off with the canker stain disease.

🔬 FORSAID is researching its detection via remote sensing, seedling spectroscopy and e-DNA.

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3️⃣ The third target insect of the #FORSAIDPests campaign is the oak lace bug!

📄 An invasive species causing significant damage to oak trees, it will be the subject of large-scale remote sensing analysis within FORSAID.

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🪲 We begin 2026 with a new campaign, #FORSAIDPests, all about the target pests and pathogens of the project!

⚠️ Starting us off is the bronze birch borer, an insect at risk of introduction in Europe that FORSAID is developing automatic identification tools for.

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👀 Our 10-week #FORSAIDPests series covered all ten species the project is targeting and the innovative tools that are being developed to detect and manage them.

🌐 Explore the full story of the campaign, now live on our website - forsaid.eu/news/third-f...

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