Stop calling it Wormtown

Can you hear me now? With these antennae, sure!
Meet the beetle. Source.

Beetletown might be a better name for the Commonwealth's second largest city now that voracious Asian Longhorn Beetles have been found there:

... This pest attacks a wide variety of hardwood trees, particularly maples, and is considered a serious threat to the nursery, lumber, wood products, maple syrup, and tourism industries in our state. If it became established over a large area, it could also significantly disrupt the forest ecosystem.

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, and the City of Worcester are partnering with the U.S. Forest Service and USDA APHIS-PPQ to coordinate a management plan to eradicate this species in Massachusetts. First steps include a survey of the area to determine the extent of the infestation, and regulatory management to prevent movement of host trees and wood out of the infested area. Infested trees will need to be removed and destroyed, and susceptible host trees may need treatment to prevent further infestations. ...

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No photo in RSS feed?

By scottso | Fri, 08/08/2008 - 9:04am

The photo didn't show up in the RSS feed?

Gah!

By adamg | Fri, 08/08/2008 - 9:21am

Sorry about that, it's on my "just fix it already, slug" list; not sure why not since I use an absolute URL, not a relative one.

Yay, thanks. I love reading

By scottso | Fri, 08/08/2008 - 9:54am

Yay, thanks. I love reading via RSS.

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