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With this type of control is achieved annual 90% effective in controlling the municipal pine processionary |
The Parks and Gardens, under the Department of Administration Modernization, Urban Quality and Participation, led by José Guillén, has begun work antiprocesionaria preventive treatment in over 2,600 pines of Murcia and districts.
To do so it will be treated with a product of biological pest control that does not harm the tree or its roots and intended to end this caterpillar larvae in their early stages of life.
The treatment will last around two months intensively because at this time is when they begin to appear the first larvae.
The spraying is done at night, to avoid any inconvenience to the people and animals that can pass near these pines.
The tasks are performed by two teams of two people who are provided with large vats that carry out the phytosanitary treatment to over 2,500 pines of Murcia and all the districts of Murcia.
Guillen notes that this caterpillar "can destroy the pine causing it to lose all its force. Therefore, the City Council get all our efforts in carrying out these campaigns in order to preserve and maintain our arboreal heritage."
Moreover, to avoid that can play is performed, as required, a second beaten so that there is no contaminated tree.
With this type of annual check carried out in autumn it reached 90% effective in controlling the municipal pine processionary.
To continue this intense work of prevention and alert caterpillar procesionaria, both at the end of winter and early spring, so-called 'pockets' manually, with a specialist professional and a lift basket are removed in order to reach the highest branches, no matter how high the caterpillars are.
Among the places where it has acted more against this animal are the Fleet with 172 pine trees, Santa Maria de Gracia 152, the Infante Juan Manuel with more than 150 or 145 Espinardo.
A performance that the city also developed in all districts of the municipality of Murcia as Lobosillo, the Alberca, Los Ramos or Algezares, among others are.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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