ApocaDocs: New beetle enlisted in fight to save Ky. forests

About:
[The Project]
[The ApocaDocs]
[Equal Share]

The Six Scenarios:
[Species Collapse]
[Infectious Disease]
[Climate Chaos]
[Resource Depletion]
[Biology Breach]
[Recovery]

Explore:

Play:

It's weekly, funny, and free!

SEARCH

A great gift
for crisis deniers!

Humoring the Horror of the
Converging Emergencies
94 color pages
~~$24.99~~ now $15!
Or read FREE online!

Ping this story
in social media:
del.icio.us
Digg
Newsvine
NowPublic
Reddit
Facebook
StumbleUpon

Posted Wed Apr 8 2009: from Charlotte Observer:


	New beetle enlisted in fight to save Ky. forests http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1239216784 An aphid-like insect no bigger than an ink pen dot has been turning picturesque hemlock forests from Maine to Georgia into grotesque collections of barren trunks and broken branches. Despite foresters' efforts to stop them, woolly adelgids have advanced south through the Appalachians like an invading army, plundering the majestic evergreens. Having seen the carnage in other states, foresters in Kentucky are taking a new defensive tack, enlisting a species of predatory beetles native to the Pacific Northwest to devour the invaders. Can the tiny beetles, barely larger than poppy seeds, save Kentucky's hemlocks?

[Read more stories about: forests, global warming, invasive species]
This item will appear in our PANIQuiz!

New!:

Your Quips:
Hipp says: "I'm sure there'll be no unintended consequences. What can happen?"

Got a PaniQuip?

We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

'Doc Jim says:

And if that doesn't work, they call always bring in the cane toads!