Drone and snifler dogs were deployed in the fight against small beetle threat to Britain forests

Government Using drones and sniper dogs to fight back against a beetle that is threatening to destroy trees in the UK after havoc Europe.

Spruce BarkAlso known as IPS typographs, it is just 5 mm long and the conifer feeds on trees, a step that has destroyed the forests throughout the continent. The first species was detected in the UK in 2018 after the winds moved to the English channel.

Now, in a bid to ensure that the creature does not have the same effect in the UK, government scientists are using sniper dogs and drones to identify any contaminated spruce trees and can remove them before the insects spread.

Andrea Deol told the UK government’s forest research that BBC: “What we are doing is positively impacting and it is important that we continue to maintain that effort. If we let our guard go down then we know that we have received the risks of those opportunities year after year.

“We alone have a 725,000 hectare spruce. If this beetle was allowed to be caught, destructive capacity means a large amount of risk.”

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The government had expected to stop the beetle on the border by inspecting the products imported at the ports, but realized that the winds were carrying it directly to the channel.

It claims that the new line of defense has been successful so far and authorities are capable of removing pests from risky areas in East and South East, UK The country is erased first Beetle In controlled areas.

It has launched a drone to scan hundreds of hectares of woodlands to find any signal of infection, which appears because the trees start dying, allowing the antomologist to then go and inspect the foot site. Cameras are also scanned daily for any indication of activity -equipped -furnishing mesh.

Deol said: “They are looking for a needle in a histor, sometimes in search of single beetle – Pioneer species are allowed to be installed before catching them.”

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As part of the strategy of eradicating insects, authorities also identify areas of contamination using sniper dogs, which can smell the beetle release pheromone for attracting other beetles and the installation of a colony, as well as the pointer of the insect.

Despite having more than 1,400 pests and diseases on the government’s plant health risk register, bark Beetle is considered the biggest enemy.

According to ROUSSTERS, in Norway, it has destroyed 100 million cubic meter spruce trees in the last ten years.