The City of Toronto will begin spraying biological pesticide on various parts of the city’s tree canopy this weekend in an attempt to control the spread of the highly destructive LDD Moth.
Spraying will get underway around 5:30 a.m. Saturday at High Park, Beth Mcewen, the city’s manager of forestry and natural area management, told CP24 on May 25.“ will flying about 50 feet above the tree canopy and spraying a fine mist of biological pesticide called BoVir in High Park,” she said.In this case, the city will use insecticide which is non-toxic to humans, birds, mammals, adult moths, butterflies, bees, and other insects.
The non-native LDD moth, formerly known as the European Gypsy Moth, feeds on the leaves of trees and can cause extensive defoliation of the tree canopy.
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