B.C. targets invasive moths with sweeping insecticide spray on Vancouver Island

Aerial spray treatments for invasive months coming to Vancouver Island

NANAIMO — Spray treatments for an invasive moth species will be happening across eastern Vancouver Island this spring. Attempts to eradicate the invasive spongy moths, also known as Lymantria moths, will occur in Nanaimo, Qualicum Beach, Salt Spring Island, Cowichan Bay, North Saanich and the Greater Victoria area from the end of April until mid-June. A release from the ministry of forests said they are planning three applications of the insecti…

B.C. targets invasive moths with sweeping insecticide spray on Vancouver Island

The B.C. government is planning to spray hundreds of hectares of Vancouver Island with a biological insecticide to help reduce the spread of invasive spongy moths. The aerial treatments occur every year on Vancouver Island, and are intended to kill spongy moth caterpillars and larve who feed on leaves and have destroyed sections of forests in Ontario and the Eastern United States, according to the province. In B.C., the provincial government say…