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Article: Pesticide is added to the beetle battle.(NEWS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- May 8, 2009
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Byline: Bronislaus B. Kush
WORCESTER - The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans next year to step up its campaign to eradicate the Asian longhorned beetle by chemically treating trees in the city that are susceptible to the arbor-killing insect.
Suzanne Bond, a USDA spokeswoman, told the Telegram & Gazette that the massive federal treatment will most likely begin in the spring of 2010 after experts have a better idea of how widespread the infestation is.
The invasive beetles have been reported in Worcester, West Boylston, Boylston, Shrewsbury and Holden.
Michael P. Gilleberto of the city manager's office said about 21,000 trees have ...