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Rome turns to ladybirds to save the city s pine trees
20 Apr, 2021
Rome seeks ways of stopping a deadly parasite from killing the city s pine trees, including natural methods.
Rome s umbrella pine trees are at serious risk due to a killer parasite - the pine tortoise scale - with efforts gaining pace to save the city s skyline before it is too late.
The Lazio region around Rome recently announced that it has allocated half a million euro to fund the battle to save the capital s trees from the cochineal insect which arrived in Italy from North America in 2015.
toumeyella parvicornis) whose activity can kill trees within two years.