Beetle feeding galleries on a wych elm

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American Elm

'twas a lovely tree,

a shady spot to enjoy,

lining every street

end to end majestic elms

bound to meet a tragic end.

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D W Eldred

June 28, 2022

The Canadian Council on Invasive Species (CCIS) gave a short presentation of the top 10 invasive species already in Canada or that could come to Canada from south of our border and that we therefore should be on the alert for. 

The top 10 invasive species were as follows:

Asian long-horned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis

Spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula

Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia

Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis

Hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae

Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys

Dutch elm disease, Ophiostoma ulmi and Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica

Spongy moth (also LDD moth; previously gypsy moth), Lymantria dispar dispar

Lily leaf beetle, Lilioceris lilii

I have definitely seen at least three of these species and/or the damage they have done, specifically 4, 8, and 9. 

You can help by reporting these species through, for example, iNaturalist. CCIS has their own project on iNaturalist, titled “I Spy and Identify Invasives / Je vois, J’identifie les espèces envahissantes”, which you can join: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/i-spy-and-identify-invasives-je-vois-j-identifie-les-especes-envahissantes. The CCIS also has a whole webpage on how and where to report: https://canadainvasives.ca/take-action/report/.

City Canopy Care: Dispose of Elm Wood for Free this October!

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If I look at your blog on mobile in a browser (but not on a PC browser), the notes indicators have periods instead of commas, and instead of 'notes' it says 'notities'. I think you made it Dutch somehow?

Just tried this on two different phones, it's still in English for me. Did you set my blog to dutch on your browser? Or do we have Dutch Blog Disease running through the site?

God there are always so many tree diseases and invasive insects from Europe that find their way to our noble yet defenseless North American trees and completely destroy them >:(

the increasing presence of invasive species and new tree diseases makes me so sad. we've got spotted lanternfly in my park, althought i havent seen it, it's there. We talked about the new beech leaf disease today in our meeting and our park's big old beech tree (most likely from the 1800s) has it. Oak wilt's moving further north because of warming climate zones. Sucks man.

i could not work in an arboretum/as an arboriculturist because its like 'here are lots of really old and culturally/conservationally valuable trees, please keep them alive also here are five hundered million bajillion pests which can kill all of these trees + theres no cure for most of them + for some diseases you have to remove all the trees in one particular genus. sorry.'

Harbinger

2024, quilted jacquard weaving, cotton batting, thread

illustration-turned-weaving-turned-quilt, inspired by elm bark beetle feeding galleries in fallen elm trees I often see on my hikes. They are responsible for spreading the fungus that causes dutch elm disease. I traced the pattern with my free motion foot to quilt, and the puffiness of the shapes turned almost topographical in the process.

Beetle feeding galleries on wych elm trunk

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Dear Photograph, My wife and I were married in 2016 around and under this special 100-year-old elm on my parent's farm. The Lone Elm lost its battle to the Dutch elm disease this year and was cut down. A large empty hole in the family and the landscape now exists. - Austin

Please I am begging you, they are hairy cunts, but which ones love hairy cunts?

Scarecrow - Is old enough to remember the good old days where pubic hair was all the rage. Not that he was getting any hole, but he still remembers. Doesn't mind either way.

Riddler - Will happily enjoy whatever is put in front of him but enjoys it when his partner goes to the effort of keeping things neat or doing shaped work etc.

Poison Ivy - Loves pubic hair and finds it very erotic.

Catwoman - Has a preference for things to be shaved or at least tidy, but doesn't really mind too much. If she's interested then hair isn't going to put her off.

Captain Boomerang - Big bush guy. Adores it! He's gonna get lost in there and he's not looking for a way out. Gonna floss his crooked teeth with every strand.

Two Face - Serious answer, he isn't fussed either way but likes things to be tidy. Fun answer, he likes it half shaved and half bush which leaves the pussy looking like it has Dutch Elm disease.

Penguin - Has a preference for shaved pubic hair on his partner but isn't a little bitch about it.

Black Mask - Hates it. Demands all his partners be as smooth as a doll or he'll make a big deal about how disgusting they are.

Harley Quinn - Isn't bothered either way. Hairy kitty or bald kitty, she's down to clown.

Quick, give them Dutch elm disease!

April 15, 2024: Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation, Natalie Diaz

Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation Natalie Diaz Angels don’t come to the reservation. Bats, maybe, or owls, boxy mottled things. Coyotes, too. They all mean the same thing— death. And death eats angels, I guess, because I haven’t seen an angel fly through this valley ever. Gabriel? Never heard of him. Know a guy named Gabe though— he came through here one powwow and stayed, typical Indian. Sure he had wings, jailbird that he was. He flies around in stolen cars. Wherever he stops, kids grow like gourds from women’s bellies. Like I said, no Indian I’ve ever heard of has ever been or seen an angel. Maybe in a Christmas pageant or something— Nazarene church holds one every December, organized by Pastor John’s wife. It’s no wonder Pastor John’s son is the angel—everyone knows angels are white. Quit bothering with angels, I say. They’re no good for Indians. Remember what happened last time some white god came floating across the ocean? Truth is, there may be angels, but if there are angels up there, living on clouds or sitting on thrones across the sea wearing velvet robes and golden rings, drinking whiskey from silver cups, we’re better off if they stay rich and fat and ugly and ’xactly where they are—in their own distant heavens. You better hope you never see angels on the rez. If you do, they’ll be marching you off to Zion or Oklahoma, or some other hell they’ve mapped out for us.

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Another abecedarian!

Also: + The Terrible Beauty of the Reserve, Billy-Ray Belcourt + Anchorage, Joy Harjo + At the Trial of Hamlet, Chicago, 1994, Sherman Alexie

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Branching Out: City of Saskatoon's Free Elm Wood Cleanup Initiative

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Trying to read up on Dutch elm disease...interested in it because I've seen plenty of elms in my area that don't seem to be struggling.