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

If you are in the Ottawa area, it may be of interest to you that the Fletcher Wildlife Garden (of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club/Club des naturalistes d’Ottawa) is having its online plant sale. The price is CA$4 per plant, and the plants are Ontario natives!

I have not purchased from them, but my friends are excited about this, and so I wanted to share.