🔬 Our latest research investigates the threat from the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) to Great Britain's primary commercial conifer, Sitka spruce.

📖 Read the full paper here: ow.ly/thvW50UXH6h

#SitkaSpruce #IpsTypographus #TreeHealth

🧵The government has announced the successful eradication of the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) from all outbreak sites in England identified in 2021 🪲🚫

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#ipstypographus #eighttoothedsprucebarkbeetle #treepest #spruce #treehealth (1/4)

Kuuse (Kuusk)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
Probably harilik kuusk, Norway spruce, #PiceaAbies. Tree parasitized by #IpsTypographus, the only bark beetle ever to feature in a blue movie, #DerBlaueEngel, alongside #MarleneDietrich. Shortened to #Kuu from 1940-1941.
#Nature #Loodus
#Trees #Puud

Impressive death of Norway spruce trees, Picea excelsa, caused by the #BarkBeetle #IpsTypographus in Val Badia, South Tyrol. Experts consider this massive attack a legacy of the storm Vaia, which knocked down 42,500 ha of woods in northern Italy in 2018. Increasing temperatures favored the beetle.

NEW: Help Beat the Eight-Toothed Spruce Bark Beetle

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#TreePests #PlantHealth #IpsTypographus #TreeAlert #CitizenScientists #Forestry #WoodlandManagement Forestry Commission

Image: Dog Willow undergoing training to identify Ips. Photo credit: Paws For Conservation

Themes of UNITE flagship include enhancing forest resilience and adaptation and mitigation to climate change. How can dogs help in this? 🐶

Doctoral researcher Reetta Kangaslampi presented about Utilizing #ScentDetectionDogs in the identification of the European spruce #BarkBeetle. #Ipstypographus

A new study predicts the likelihood of European spruce #barkbeetle damage, #Ipstypographus, at stand level in Finland, opening a path to proactive interventions for bark beetle management. Researchers have identified stands where bark beetle damage is more likely to occur.
www.uef.fi/en/article/s...

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#SpruceTrees #HairyBeetle #SnifferDogs #Drones #IpsTypographus #UKForrestResearch