Invasion of the Chinese tree killers: Asian beetle poses the biggest threat to woodlands since Dutch Elm Disease in the 1970s

Invasion of the Chinese tree killers: Asian beetle poses the biggest threat to woodlands since Dutch Elm Disease in the 1970s | Mail Online: "A Chinese beetle is threatening to wreak havoc on Britain’s trees on a scale not seen since the devastation of Dutch Elm Disease 40 years ago.

If unchecked, the Asian long-horn beetle threatens to lay waste to millions of poplar and willow trees as well as maple, sycamore, elm, horse chestnut, apple, pear and cherry species.

Government scientists have discovered the beetle breeding in Britain for the first time. They now fear young beetles will soon mature into adults and spread around the country."