Hemlock Wooly Adelgid eating beetles

HighlandsApp · Unread post by **HighlandsApp** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 11:53 am

Good news for our mountains.

https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/lo ... t=headline

There are still hemlocks of all sizes in my neighborhood which is at 4000 feet and I have found a few beetles on trees which is awesome. It was originally thought that they wouldn't be able to spread their range but the nearest know release is several miles away.

Cro-Magnon App · Unread post by **Cro-Magnon App** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:19 pm

Good read.

T-Dog · Unread post by **T-Dog** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:39 pm

I've done some previous reporting on HWA. It's crazy how it can kill a fully healthy Hemlock in as little as 4 years. Successfully implementing the lari bettle to curb HWA is a big deal.

Concerns about the bettles are that it's still an invasive species and that it won't die out easily if HWA is wiped out.

One of the long-term hopes I heard about was to breed HWA-resistant hemlocks, but that's decades away.