Forest pest surveyors to trap insects to monitor for invasive pests
(KBSI) – Insect survey season has arrived in Missouri.
The Missouri Department of Conservation Forest Health Program with partners at USDA and the Missouri Department of Agriculture have scattered forest pest surveyors across the state to set different types of insect traps to monitor for potential emerging invasive pests, like spongy moth, emerald ash borer (EAB), thousand cankers disease (TCD) and laurel wilt.
These invasive pest issues pose a huge threat to our state’s forest habitat and timber resources, according to the MDC.
These traps help protect Missouri’s forests from invasive insects and disease. People are asked to not disturb them If you find a trap on the ground or otherwise damaged, call the phone number on the trap and report its location.
