What is Spruce Budworm?
A spruce budworm is a small, brown caterpillar with the latin name Choristoneura fumiferana, found throughout the range of spruce and fir in Canada and the United States. Spruce budworm is native to North America and has evolved together with the spruce and fir trees it feeds on over thousands of years.
Research Blog
- What’s happening with the Forest Pest Management Team this Season:
- Spruce Budworm Treatment Concludes and Research Begins for 2017
- Provincial Budworm Research Activity Update, Spring 2017
- Mass dispersal
- SBW Early Intervention Strategy Workshop – February 22nd, 2017
- Treatments having an effect in northern New Brunswick
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