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You're a bit sarcastic, right? :ROFLMAO:

Of the Borkenkäfer? Not sure, there were quite big areas destroyed in the Harz by it, that began some years ago.

There's always the question: what's better - accepting the invasion and trying to counter it by non-chemical or at least non-invasive / damaging ways in relation to other insects or even bigger animals? Or to go full out with chemical warfare, but this will as well result in unfortunate losses regarding different wildlife / insects over dozens of years.

And in relation to the bark beetle I am not sure if there are "individually" aiming insecticides available & well-working.
There are tree species existing which could grow quite quickly (compared to tree growing, not human growing - will still take 30+ years) and are resisting against the bark beetle in natural ways, but not all of them are a good choice and compatible with the ground structure.

I've had to kill a bark tree myself a few months ago, which lost all twigs and they fell onto one of my buildings roofs punching holes in it. But in this case it was "just" around 30% of it's matter which a fungus infected and destroyed, not insect related.

Resulted in some fire wood for the end of this year, tho. ?‍♂️
 
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No chemical warfare needed, really.
Bark beetle traps exist and each can catch millions.
Require a lot of boots on the ground work, but best for the ecosystem as a whole to deal with them that way, even if it is a more expensive way to "fight" them.

In Germany about 70 different species exist that both pray on the beetles and are parasites that only attach to the bark beetles.
But this is a slow way that can't really deal with mass outbreaks of beetle swarms. Best used in local outbreaks where "let nature take it's course" is the modus operandi.

Not dealing with it at all is, as we can see, a catastrophe to the forest industry and a very big problem if the EU intends to go full fossil free in the energy and fuel sectors.
 
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MrsDogFantasy said:
.. but deemed too expensive in relation to how large the beetle swarms have been in Scandinavia.
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That's always a problematic factor in relation to how humans think, based on profit and cost optimized procedures.

A clean cut forest will destroy room to live for many plants and animals and as well changes the ground structure, nutrients and water household (sun exposure, rain exposure, quick frost and so on) after a few years, while humanity cuts far too many trees and areas down in far too little time, already.

The rat tail of following costs over the next 50+ years is not included into the calculation, unfortunately.. it's just "what to do now?".

As such if the traps work well and are "just" a matter of work time and one-time investment, it's surely one of the best ways to counter invasive species.

Edit: What's up with those images in different threads? Now I have to check.. ?‍♂️
 
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YanchaOkami said:
That's always a problematic factor in relation to how humans think, based on profit and cost optimized procedures.

A clean cut forest will destroy room to live for many plants and animals and as well changes the ground structure, nutrients and water household (sun exposure, rain exposure, quick frost and so on) after a few years, while humanity cuts far too many trees and areas down in far too little time, already.

The rat tail of following costs over the next 50+ years is not included into the calculation, unfortunately.. it's just "what to do now?".

As such if the traps work well and are "just" a matter of work time and one-time investment, it's surely one of the best ways to counter invasive species.

Edit: What's up with those images in different threads? Now I have to check.. ?‍♂️
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Depends on what ecosystems you perform the clear cut in.
Systems historically struck by forest fires would benefit from clear cut and regrowth of a new generation. Extra points if the leftovers are burned in a controlled fire after the lumber has been removed.
The mykorrhiza in such places are well adapted to such a large death of trees. Many fire dependent species are on the endangered list. So win-win.

Young trees binds much more carbon than old trees, so this is also positive from a "reduce the carbon print" point of view.

Traps work very well. In test sites billions of beetles could be collected per km², that is billions not attacking growing spruces nearby, so the traps do have an inpact.
 
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Oh holy matter, now I see what you did in regards of specific games.
I have to say, that is probably one of the most time consuming errors I've ever seen anyone do in a forum. :ROFLMAO:

But respect for being true to your words. Still, the memory faults which could aggravate out of this task are immense.
Here, take this magical thought cleaner and be able to black censor bar all thoughts which might appear.

And surely enough I am not one to interfere with such games, as such no "like" from my side.
 
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FloofNewf liked your post in "Dick pics"
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NewfieFloofy liked your post in "Dick pics"
FloofFloofNewfNewf liked you post on "Dick pics"

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Astolfo was quick on correcting the counting hiccup. :husky_grin:

MrsDogFantasy said:
Thank you for seeing the humor in it. I was very bored this morning, and I do regret it in hindsight.
But what has been said must be honored.

Thank you for the laugh instead of like too.
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No problem - even if I am not able to see the relation between "I am bored!" and "I'm going to scroll through pictures of human phalli for three and a half hours!" clearly, that's quite a lot of scrolling.

I'll as well remove the "laugh" as reaction, else people might assume it's counted as a like and there could be unrequested stress about it at the end, if it's 24+1.
 
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YanchaOkami said:
No problem - even if I am not able to see the relation between "I am bored!" and "I'm going to scroll through pictures of human phalli for three and a half hours!" clearly, that's quite a lot of scrolling.

I'll as well remove the "laugh" as reaction, else people might assume it's counted as a like and there could be unrequested stress about it at the end, if it's 24+1.
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There were so few likes in each post on that last page (only one I looked at) so I did not think it would be possible to reach 25, should have said 500 maybe.

But you must agree that it is a little fascinating that one of several DP threads have 139 pages!
 
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