Asian wasp listed as threat to UK's sweet chestnut trees
by Adam Vaughan from on (#1BVBN)
Forestry commission elevates oriental chestnut gall wasp to high-priority tree pest after 2015 outbreaks
An Asian wasp that threatens the UK's sweet chestnuts has been designated a high-priority tree pest for the first time.
The oriental chestnut gall wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus) was first found in the UK last year, in Farningham woods near Sevenoaks in Kent, and a street in St Albans in Hertfordshire.