Not present in UKNotifiable – see ‘Report a sighting’ belowScientific name – Agrilus fleischeri (A. fleischeri)
Agrilus fleischeri is an important pest of aspen and poplar (trees in the genus Populus). Willows (Salix spp.) have also been recorded as hosts of this pest, which is native to East-Asia.
There have been no reported discoveries of the pest […]
Plane lace bug (Corythucha ciliata)Present in the UK (Distribution unknown although likely to be limited)We welcome records of this pest – see ‘Report a sighting’ belowScientific name – Corythucha ciliata (C. ciliata)
Plane lace bug (PLB), also commonly known as the Platanus lace bug or sycamore* lace bug, is an insect pest of plane (trees in […]
The Forest Trapping Network (FTN) is a Great Britain-wide, broad-spectrum surveillance network which monitors for GB priority pest and EU quarantine organisms that other survey methods are unable to detect. The FTN is a rolling programme which will survey 4-6 woodlands withing 100 forests for quarantine pests over five years.
Overview
This article, published in the Journal of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGjournal), outlines the work of the Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network (WPHSN), a Welsh Government funded plant health initiative.
Launched in 2022 by Forest Research (FR), the primary aim of the WPHSN is to monitor the presence and absence of native and invasive pests […]
This document is an Annex to the Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network Programme 2022 Review, and reports on the second year of the WPHSN activities undertaken on behalf of the Welsh Government. It describes a network of insect and spore traps placed at strategic woodland sites across Wales to monitor and record the presence/absence of invasive pests and pathogens which may negatively affect our trees, woodlands, and forests.
This document describes and reports on the first year of activities undertaken for the Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network (WPHSN), a ground-breaking Welsh
Government funded project to monitor native and invasive pests and pathogens that may pose a threat to health of plants and trees across Wales.
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