Yangcheon-gu to Operate Summer Forest Pest Monitoring and Control Team Until October

Intensive Surveillance and Control Measures to Prevent the Spread of Sudden Summer Pest Outbreaks

Local Pest Control Headquarters Fully Committed to Pest Surveillance and Control Operations

Focused Surveillance on Giant Stick Insects in Sinjeongsan Area and Proactive Control in Brown-winged Cicada Infestation Zones

Yangcheon-gu (District Mayor Lee Gi-jae) announced on the 28th that, due to the increased frequency of sudden pest outbreaks caused by abnormal climate conditions, it will intensively conduct pest surveillance and control to prevent the spread of pests.

Sudden pests refer to insects that unpredictably appear and cause damage to crops or forests. Especially, pests tend to spread more during the summer when temperatures rise, so the district is proactively responding by operating the ‘Local Pest Control Headquarters’ intensively until August and putting full effort into pest control projects.

First, to actively respond to various forest pests mainly appearing in forest areas, the district will operate a ‘Forest Pest Surveillance and Control Team’ consisting of 12 members (3 teams of 4 people) on a regular basis until October.

Main activities include ▲ controlling pine wilt disease and requesting inspection for pine wilt infection ▲ controlling oak wilt disease and general pest ground control ▲ continuous pest surveillance and egg mass removal, among other control activities.

Regular pest control is being conducted focusing on 106 parks, street trees, Anyangcheon greenbelt, and forest areas (Galsan, Sinjeongsan, Yongwangsan) within the district, and efforts have been made to resolve residents’ inconveniences related to pests by handling a total of 27 complaints.

In particular, to actively prepare for sudden pest outbreaks, focused surveillance was conducted on giant stick insects that appeared mainly in the Sinjeongsan area last year to enhance control effectiveness, and timely control was carried out in areas where brown-winged cicadas and the American planthopper appear, minimizing damage. Going forward, rapid pest control will also be implemented in residential areas, schools, and public institutions adjacent to forests where sudden pest complaints mainly occur to prevent pest outbreaks.

Lee Gi-jae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, stated, “To prevent the spread of forest pests during the hot summer, we will do our best to create a pleasant and comfortable forest ecological environment by conducting thorough surveillance and timely control through the operation of the Forest Pest Surveillance and Control Team, thereby alleviating residents’ inconveniences.”

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