Thank you all for your help!

Now I know I'm going to have a hard time getting rid of Aegopodium podagraria (on the left).

Don’t Move A Mussel - The Role Of Key Environmental Drivers And Management Scale In Assessing Spatial Variation In Dreissenid Spread Risk In The Missouri River Basin
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112526 <-- shared paper (Missouri River Basin)
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/western-fisheries-research-center/news/assessing-risk-invasive-mussels-spreading-throughout <-- shared technical article (Columbia River Basin)
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https://rconnect.usgs.gov/webDR/ <-- shared link to webDR: Dreissenid Risk (Missouri River Basin)
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #fedscience #dreissenids #invasive #invasivespecies #management #mitigation #risk #hazard #riskindexing #webtool #nonnative #ecology #economics #cost #humanimpact #state #basin #water #freshwater #hydrology #basin #watershed #mussel #zebramussel #infested #infestation #watercraft #boating #leisure #pleasure #NorthAmerica #waterbody #decontamination #program #planning #policy #regulations #relativeriskindex #model #modeling #geostatistics #parameters #MissouriRiverBasin #ColumbiaRiverBasin
@USGS

These are Lasius emarginatus, common name “Manhatant” This colony is at least three years old and massive.
#ants #antVideo #invasive #nyc #nycants #colony

Tomorrow is Plant a Tree in your Neighbors Backyard Day!

In this case, a nice 5 ft tall mandarin to make up for a tree we killed, meticulously, purposefully.

No tears, please. It was an ailanthus altissima, with the very misleading common name "tree of heaven". Native to Asia, it is invasive af around here, with runners easily out to 50 feet that will find any spot with good soil. An absentee landlord next door did not help.

So we did a trade, .

In North America, invasive English ivy is ecologically awful for many reasons and I hate it. But the tangle of stems also makes it dangerous for arborists when they need to climb trees. This pic is from Friday when my neighbor had a tree taken down. Everything went fine but you could tell the guy was being extra careful when he repositioned his spurs. #EnglishIvy #hedera #ivy #trees #arborist #invasive #vines #chainsaw

They hijacked the power button!

I tried to turn my #android phone off by holding down the power button and up came "ask Gemini"

The power button is now three menus deep in the settings.

Hungry little crabs may help control coral-eating starfish numbers

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-hungry-crabs-coral-starfish.html

There is no #sentient being he will not harm. Thousands of US Dept of Agriculture employees, including #food inspectors, disease-sniffing #dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving #food to #rot in ports and #pests to proliferate. #DOGE Cuts at the #USDA Could Cause US #Grocery Prices to Rise, #Invasive Species to Spread. The quest for #dictatorship knows no bounds. Americans are not even aware of the expansive, irreparable damage done in just 2 months time - https://www.wired.com/story/usda-food-supply-chains/ No Dog Food!

European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). I generally dislike this species because they come to my feeder in large flocks and empty it while native birds sit and watch. And I've read that droppings from large roosts can kill trees. But this one was cute. Madras, Oregon. #birds #invasive #nature #chonky

Giving away 2 bamboo #plants in #pots and sacks in south of #France if anyone is interested.

Warning: #bamboo is extremely #invasive & needs to be planted in strong & safe pots to prevent spreading.

Available on #Leboncoin

https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/jardin_plantes/2934426844

https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/jardin_plantes/2835256022

@plants

#NationalInvasiveSpeciesAwarenessWeek may be over, but we can still prevent #InvasiveSpecies by responsibly rehoming pets. Releasing pets into the wild can make them #invasive to the #ecosystem. Learn how to rehome pets at dontletitloose.com

Check out our new blog summarising our recent meta-analysis assessing treatments for the Varroa mite #pathogen of honey bees out!

This #invasive #parasite has huge impacts on crop production from lost #pollination

Broadly, synthetic chemicals were effective at killing the pathogen, but had negative impacts

Biological treatments showed promise for bee health, but were understudied

Organic chemical treatments were the best current option

#research #disease #bees

https://www.ucd.ie/earth/news-opinion/news/24februarytacklingvarroamite/

#PuertoRico #invasive #mono #monkey

Tal vez los tres reyes se olvidaron de esto.

This is our new neighbor, I think he's one of those bitcoin bros.