Cold starts to brake Borkenkäfer, but the big invasion is not yet here

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Cold starts to brake Borkenkäfer, but the big invasion is not yet here

The experts have not yet dared to make a prediction as to how this year’s Borkenkäfer year might turn out in South Tyrol. Everything depends on the weather in the summer. 10,000 hectares of forest have been affected so far in total – due to the Borkenkäfer case over the past 3 years. The fact is: By mid-April, a great deal had worked to the advantage of the caterpillar. As the director of the Forstinspektorate Bruneck, Wolfgang Weger, reports, v…