{"id":1938,"date":"2019-01-21T07:32:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T07:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/termirepel.com\/blog\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2019-01-21T07:32:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T07:32:48","slug":"bark-beetle-infestation-in-your-woods-and-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.termirepel.com\/blog\/bark-beetle-infestation-in-your-woods-and-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"Bark beetle infestation in your woods and forests!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Aerial survey of forested land in North America show large paths of dead trees. The trees are supposed to be green. But the invasion of bark beetle has led to the death of trees in large numbers. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A tiny beetle has left the forestland dangerously vulnerable to death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are more than 600 species of bark beetles throughout the U.S. And\nsince the bark beetle outbreak began back in 1996, these beetles have affected\nmore than 41.7 million acres of land in the U.S. That\u2019s about the size of the\nentire state of Florida! Since there\nare so many different types of bark beetles, it seems there\u2019s a bark beetle out\nthere for nearly every tree type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bark beetles survive in trees that are stressed, diseased, or injured; either by human activity or during storms or wildfires. They primarily attack cedar, fir, pine and spruce trees.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Pine bark beetles create tunnels under the bark, and the\nshape and location of these tunnels can help you identify the species causing the\ninfestation (see inset). These tunnels are on both the inside of the bark and\nthe outside of the sapwood. The presence of these tunnels is a sure sign of\ninfestation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Columbia University study calls the bark beetle\n“one of the world’s most aggressive tree-killing insects,” while\nthe U.S. Department of Agriculture asks, “How can something so\nsmall kill something so big?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2010, an estimated 129 million trees have died just\nin California\u2019s national forests because of the drought or bark beetles. That\nmeans 30 trees have been dying, on average, every minute!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bark beetle outbreaks expanding\nin Colorado<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Ryan Lockwood \u2502 January 15, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A band of orange trees reveals the impact of roundheaded pine beetles in a stand of ponderosa pines in Dolores County. Photo: Dan West\/Colorado State Forest Service<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bark beetle outbreaks have continued to expand in parts of Colorado, based on a 2018 aerial forest health survey conducted by the\u00a0Colorado State Forest Service\u00a0and\u00a0U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. Every year, the agencies work together to monitor forest health conditions on millions of forested acres across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

178,000 acres of high-elevation\nEngelmann spruce were affected statewide in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approximately one-third of these\naffected acres were new, or previously unaffected areas. Primary areas impacted\ninclude forestlands in and around Rocky Mountain National Park, and portions of\nthe San Juan Mountains, West Elk Mountains and Sawatch Range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last 18 years, spruce\nbeetle outbreaks have caused tree mortality on more than 1.8 million acres in\nColorado, and approximately 40 percent of the spruce-fir forests in Colorado\nhave now been affected. Blowdown events in Engelmann spruce stands, combined\nwith long-term drought stress, warmer temperatures and extensive amounts of\nolder, densely growing trees, have contributed to this ongoing epidemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BARK BEETLE INFESTATION WORST IN OVER 200 YEARS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By\nBrian Kenety \u2502 July 8th<\/sup> 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Czech Republic\u2019s\nlargely coniferous forests are facing the worst bark beetle infestation in at\nleast 200 years. The lower house of Parliament is due on Tuesday to discuss\nboth emergency and long-term measures to combat the voracious insect, which\nkills spruce trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amount of spruce wood\ndamaged by bark beetles has risen steadily in the past few years, from 2\nmillion cubic metres of spruce wood in 2015 to more than 5.5 million cubic\nmetres in 2017. Experts are warning that the nation\u2019s forests could be wiped\nout if the current monoculture forestry format is not unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Systemic\ninsecticides, meaning those that are implanted or injected through the bark or\napplied to the soil beneath trees, have not been shown to prevent attack or\ncontrol populations of bark beetles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trees are dying at an alarming rate. What can be an effective solution to prevent this infestation? C Tech Corporation\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> TermirepelTM<\/sup><\/strong><\/a> is an effective solution against bark beetle infestation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TermirepelTM<\/sup><\/strong><\/a> is\navailable in the form of the masterbatch, which can be incorporated with the\npolymeric applications like tree guards, pipes, agricultural films, wires,\nand cables, etc. to keep insects at bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nproduct available in the form of liquid concentrate can be mixed in paints in a\npredetermined ratio and can be applied topically on the applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The product available in the form of lacquer\ncan be used as a topical application and can be applied on the tree trunks to\nkeep the insects at a distance from the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\nkeep the insects at the bay TermirepelTM<\/sup> insect\nrepellent spray<\/a><\/strong> can be sprayed or coated on\nthe tree trunks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nproduct is also effective against a multitude of other insects and pests like ash\nborer, mayflies, thrips, aphids, etc. The repelling mechanism of the product\nwould ward off the bark beetles and other insects that could cause damage.\nThus, by using TermirepelTM<\/sup><\/strong><\/a> would effectively ensure that the\narea around us remain safe and protected from the pests for a long period of\ntime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why\nresort to killing when we can just repel them!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact us at technical.marketing@ctechcorporation.com<\/a> to\nkeep the pests away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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