BDN quotes Dill in article on invasive species
Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with University of Maine Cooperative, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “What invasive species can you find on your property?” There are currently about 2,100 plant species recorded in Maine, and about a third of those are not native. Of those plants that aren’t native, only a small fraction are considered invasive, according to the article. Invasive forest insects such as the emerald ash borer, Asian longhorned beetle, brown spruce longhorn beetle, hemlock woolly adelgid, elongate hemlock scale and winter moth are another problem in Maine, the article states. “We want to know where these [invasive insects] are so we can keep track of infestations and maybe be able to contain the infestation, depending on the insect,” Dill said. “We need the citizens to be our eyes and ears because we can’t be everywhere.”