Southern Ontario residents battle an intrusion of invasive caterpillars
dimanche, 12 juillet 2020 à 13:30 - Infestations come once every decade or so.
After struggling for years to control the invasive Asian longhorned beetle, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced the tree-killing insect has finally been eradicated in Canada.
But as that struggle ends, another one is being waged in several Ontario communities, against a different invasive insect.
Hordes of Gypsy Moth caterpillars are being reported in Eastern Ontario, Bancroft, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Vaughan and Caledon. It becomes noticeable when people are sitting on their back patio and there are insects plopping into their drinks, said Peter Wynnyczuk, a forestry technician and president of P and A Urban Forestry Consulting in Toronto.