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    OPM Manual – 7. Manual removal of nests and larvae

     The first thing to consider when planning to manually remove oak processionary moth (OPM) nests and caterpillars (larvae) is personal protection from contact with the caterpillars’ irritating hairs. It is not only the caterpillars which pose a risk: OPM nests (pictured below) also contain thousands of hairs shed by the caterpillars. These continue to pose a health hazard, either through […]
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    Red-necked longhorn beetle (Aromia bungii)

     Not present in United Kingdom Notifiable – See ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name – Aromia bungii Picture: Fera Science Ltd Red-necked longhorn beetle is a highly damaging pest of trees in the Prunus genus, such as apricot, cherry, peach and plum, and some ornamental Prunus species. It is also known as red-necked longicorn beetle. Distribution Red-necked longhorn beetle is native to […]
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    Xylella (Xylella fastidiosa)

     Information and guidance about the disease-causing plant bacterium Xylella fastidiosa.
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    Pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)

     Information about the pinewood nematode, also known as pine wilt nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus), which causes pine wilt disease of coniferous trees, and is spread by pine sawyer beetles (Monochamus species).
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    Oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata)

     Oak lace bug (OLB) is an insect pest of oak trees (trees in the Quercus genus), and of several other species of broad-leaved trees.
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    Citrus longhorn beetle (Anoplophora chinensis)

     Not present in UK Notifiable – See ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name – Anoplophora chinensis (A. chinensis) The citrus longhorn beetle (CLB) is a non-native, wood-boring, cerambycid beetle which is extremely damaging to a wide range of broadleaved tree and shrub species. These include several species native to the United Kingdom (UK), and several which are grown […]
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    A pathway approach towards prevention of movement of pests and pathogens with live plants in international trade

     Proposal and concept paper for an approach similar to that adopted for wood packaging material
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    Dutch elm disease: Cornwall and East Anglia

     History of Dutch elm disease in Cornwall and East Anglia during the twentieth century.
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    Oriental chestnut gall wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus)

     Present in UK Notifiable – see ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name – Dryocosmus kuriphilus (D. kuriphilus) Oriental chestnut gall wasp (OCGW; Dryocosmus kuriphilus) is an insect pest of sweet chestnut trees (trees in the Castanea genus). Picture: Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary FRI, Bugwood.org Distribution The species is established in several European countries from Germany and the Czech Republic in the north to the Mediterranean […]
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    Massaria disease (Splanchnonema platani)

     Overview of Massaria disease and the fungus that might cause it.
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    Ramorum disease (Phytophthora ramorum)

     Information, management advice and guidance on ramorum disease of forest trees and plants, and its causal agent, Phytophthora ramorum. Also known as sudden oak death, sudden larch death and larch tree disease
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    Oak wilt (Ceratocystis fagacearum)

     Information about oak wilt, a disease of oak (Quercus) trees caused by the fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum, also known as Bretziella fagacearum