Transcript BROWN SPRUCE LONGHORN BEETLE

Brown Spruce Longhorn
Beetle
By: Keegan Burton
Description
• A brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle is a brown-black
beetle, about 2.5 cm long full grown
• Ability to fly
• Have similar characteristics to other small flying beetles
• Beetle is harmless to humans
• Kills many trees by digging in the the first few layers of
the tree, cutting off the nutrient flow completely
• Generally attack firs, pines, larches and, hardwoods.
Arriving in Canada
• Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetles are throughout all of
Europe and arrived in Canada off of the materials from a
shipment that came from Europe in the 1800’s
• The container that the beetle’s came off of was very
close to Point Pleasant Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
which is a very popular park, full of many different types
of trees, so that is where the beetles marked there
territory
Before the Arrival
• Before the beetles arrived in Canada (Generally in the
Halifax area) the ecosystems fine, the tree’s were getting
a bit old, but still in great shape and very healthy
• In September of 2003, Nova Scotia was hit with a big
hurricane that wiped out many ecosystems, but Point
Pleasant got the worse of it destroying many trees and
ecosystems of many different species
After the Arrival
• By cutting off the trees nutrient flow, many trees have
died or are dieing
• Point pleasant park is slowly losing its value of a
beautiful, healthy park
• Local people in Halifax would cut down the trees that
have been attacked to avoid rotting, and so the beetles
would leave
Problems
• Because many trees have died and been cut down…the
habitats of many different species have been destroyed,
forcing them to find new habitats
• So many animals and insects trying to find the nearest
forest to find a healthy habitat, can conclude in a very
packed ecosystem that’s not healthy to be living in.
How to get rid of them
• Chemicals cannot kill this type of beetle, so the only
thing we can do is kill as many as we can so we can
save these trees, and keep this park alive
• Make sure there aren't any beetles on the container ship