European Elm Scale Insecticide Treatments in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE – A small bug is creating a big problem for city workers in the parks department.
Lethbridge’s scale and maturity of elm trees is under attack from European Elm Scale.
The insect-born disease can hurt elm trees throughout its life cycle, causing branches to die and tree trunks to turn black in colour.
Six-hundred out of five-thousand trees across the city will be injected over the summer with insecticides to combat the epidemic.