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Hello sust-mar - Sorry for the blunder. I meant the OTHER beetle, of course. Looks like I've been talking too much with my American counterparts! "Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle - Tetropium fuscum (Fabr.) July 6, 2000 THE ONLY KNOWN ESTABLISHMENT of this insect is in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The main infestation is in Point Pleasant Park. The insect has also been found at several locations outside the park. " From: http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/forests/foresthealth/brown%20spruce/longhorn_beetle.htm Cheers, Gretchen Committee on MARINE! Bioinvasions >===== Original Message From Christopher Majka <nextug@is.dal.ca> ===== >Hi all, > >On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, fitzgerg wrote: > >> Some bioinvaders present in Atlantic Canada include purple loosestrife, Asian >> longhorn beetle, green crab, and the oyster-killing parasite MSX. > >Ther are no Asian Longhorn Beetles (Anoplophora glabripennis) in Atlantic >Canada (nor in Canada at all, for that matter). As far as I know the only >one ever found in the country was in containers in a Waterloo shipping >company in 1998. Subsequent investigations by the CFIA have found no >beetles. See: > >http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/forests/foresthealth/beetle_eng.htm > >Chicago & New York are the centers of this species incursions into the >USA. > >Best wishes, > >Christopher Majka > >_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ >Christopher Majka <natural@chebucto.ns.ca> >Electronic Resources on Coleoptera, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada >http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/coleoptera.html > >"Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like >an old warhorse at the sound of a trumpet" - Charles Darwin >_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SUST-MAR TIP: our archives are http://www.chebucto.ca/lists/sust-mar CBC enviro news-briefs follow: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- HALIFAX COUNCILLOR REVIVES SMOKING BAN DEBATE The current smoking rules for the Halifax area are too confusing, according to Halifax regional councillor Bob Harvey. So Harvey will push for a total ban on smoking for the region. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_harveysmoke20030129 EXPENSIVE GAS WILL BOOST PROVINCIAL COFFERS: FAGE Nova Scotia Energy Minister Ernie Fage says if natural gas prices continue to rise, the province can expect more revenue from gas royalties. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_fagegas20030129 IRVING OIL SUPPORTS KYOTO DEAL Oil industrialist Arthur Irving says the Kyoto Accord to reduce greenhouse gas emmissions is good for Canada, and won't hurt his company. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_irvingkyoto20030129 © Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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