Invasive species by: Willow rader

Emerald ash borer Where it originated: North-Eastern Asia How it got here/there: When we were trading it got into shipping stuff What did it get rid of: nothing it just destroyed a lot of trees Impacts on the environment: it ate a lot of ash trees and females lay their eggs in the bark and the larva destroy it while hatching Methods of control: start up a control program as soon as there is syptoms

Asian long horned beetle Where it originated: China and Korea How it got here/there: during trade What did it get rid of: nothing really Impacts on the environment: it eats the bark of the trees and the trees Methods of control: people quarantine and destroy the whole area if there sited there

Giant hog weed Where it originated: Caucasus Mountain region between the Black and Caspian Seas How it got here/there: people are pretty sure it did through trade What did it get rid of: nothing really Impacts on the environment: if you get its juice on you it can burn you Methods of control: people use pestiside

Eurasian BOar Where it originated: Europe and Asia How it got here/there: European explores brought them over What did it get rid of: eats a lot of other animals/ animal eggs Impacts on the environment: eats other baby animals and eggs and could run out a population Methods of control: hunting them

Oak wilt Where it originated: first seen in Wisconsin How it got here/there: people don’t really know but a theory is that they came from a sap eating bug and being shipped over here What did it get rid of: It has eaten many oak trees Impacts on the environment: its destroying many of the oak trees and the tree nearly dies Methods of control: avoid removing it off of the tree

Sirex woodwasp Where it originated: Asia, Europe and Africa How it got here/there: during trade What did it get rid of: they destroy trees Impacts on the environment: they dig wholes trees and they lay their eggs in the bark and when the larva hatch they ruin the outside of the trees Methods of control: people use pestasides

Gypsy moth Where it originated: Europe, Africa How it got here/there: some people brought the over her to breed and some of them escaped What did it get rid of: nothing really Impacts on the environment: they eat many trees Methods of control: people use pesticides

Viburnum leaf beetle Where it originated: Europe and Asia How it got here/there: they were in shipping crates What did it get rid of: nothing really Impacts on the environment: they eat the leaves off of trees and then that causes the trees not to have photosynthesis Methods of control: people try to use pestisides

Slender false brome Where it originated: Europe and Asia How it got here/there: people aren't sure What did it get rid of: all other vegetation around where it grows Impacts on the environment: it makes it so the animals don’t always have a food source and they don’t have shelter all the time because the slender false brome takes all vegetation away from where it grows Methods of control: dig it up and get all of the roots and then throw them out or call someone to get them

European rabbit Where it originated: Europe and Asia How it got here/there: they're in Australia, What did it get rid of: a lot of crops Impacts on the environment: it takes away a lot of crops and makes lots of hole in the ground Methods of control: bounty hunters

Cane toads Where it originated: native to the south How it got here/there: there in Oceania and the Caribbean and Northern Australia, and they were brought in to get rid of another species What did it get rid of: any thing they touch because their skins poisons Impacts on the environment: they poison a lot anything they touch Methods of control: people have tried to use parasites