Nature Detectives E-book – – The project was co-financed by the EU (Erasmus+) Agreement number: 2015-1-PLO1-KA219-017195 1 Nature Detectives E-book – – The project was co-financed by the EU (Erasmus+) Agreement number: 2015-1-PLO1-KA219-017195 Content 1. About us .......................................................................................................................................... 6 2. Description of the project ............................................................................................................... 7 3. Biodiversity ...................................................................................................................................... 9 4. Invasive species ............................................................................................................................. 11 a) Poland ........................................................................................................................................ 11 1. Niecierpek gruczołowaty (Impatiens glandulifera) ............................................................... 11 2. Rdestowiec ostrokończysty (Reynoutria japonica) ............................................................... 11 3. Barszcz Sosnowskiego (Heracleum sosnowskyi Manden.) .................................................... 12 4. Kolczurka klapowana (Echinocystis lobata) ........................................................................... 12 5. Sumak octowiec (Rhus typhina) ............................................................................................ 12 6. Robinia akacjowa (Robinia pseudoacacia) ............................................................................ 12 b) Spain .......................................................................................................................................... 13 1. Ailanthus altissima ................................................................................................................. 14 2. Agave Americana ................................................................................................................... 14 3. Opuntia Ficus-Indica .............................................................................................................. 14 4. Myiopsitta Monachus ............................................................................................................ 14 5. Trachemys Scripta Elegans .................................................................................................... 14 6. Procyon Lotor ........................................................................................................................ 14 c) Bulgaria ...................................................................................................................................... 15 1. Ailanthus (Tree of Heaven) - Ailanthus altissima .................................................................. 15 2. Giant Water Bug - Lethocerus patruelis ................................................................................ 17 3. Pine Processionary Moth - Thaumetopoea pityocamp ......................................................... 18 4. Veined rapa whelk - Rapana venosa ..................................................................................... 20 d) Italy ............................................................................................................................................ 22 1. The american gray squirrel .................................................................................................... 22 2. The spanish slug .................................................................................................................... 22 3. Robinia, false acacia .............................................................................................................. 23 4. Ailanthus ................................................................................................................................ 23 5. Trachemys ............................................................................................................................. 23 6. The rad crab from louisiana (procambarus clarkii) ............................................................... 24 7. The olive fly (bactrocera oleae) ............................................................................................. 24 8. Cydalima perspectalis or meal moth of the box ................................................................... 25 2 Nature Detectives E-book – – The project was co-financed by the EU (Erasmus+) Agreement number: 2015-1-PLO1-KA219-017195 9. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus .................................................................................................. 25 e) Romania ..................................................................................................................................... 26 1. Ips duplicatus ......................................................................................................................... 26 2. Ambrozia (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) ....................................................................................... 27 3. Robinia pseudoacacia ............................................................................................................ 28 4. Urticaceae .............................................................................................................................. 29 5. Acer negundo ........................................................................................................................ 30 f) Greece ....................................................................................................................................... 31 1. Ailanthus altissima ................................................................................................................. 31 2. Butterfly (Carassius auratus gibelio) ..................................................................................... 32 3. The Lagocephalus sceleratus ................................................................................................. 32 4. Matricaria chamomilla .......................................................................................................... 33 5. Robinia pseudoacacia ............................................................................................................ 33 g) Hungary ..................................................................................................................................... 34 1. Common ragweed (ambrosia artemisiifolia l. / ambrosia elatior) ........................................ 35 2. Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust) ..................................................................................... 37 3. The Colorado potato beetle .................................................................................................. 38 h) Slovakia ...................................................................................................................................... 39 1. Robinia pseudoacacia (fehér akác) ........................................................................................ 39 2. Ambrosia artemisiifolia (ürömlevelű parlagfű) ..................................................................... 39 3. Erigeron annuus (egynyári seprence) .................................................................................... 39 4. Acer negundo (kőrislevelű juhar) .......................................................................................... 39 5. Lycium barbarum (közönséges ördögcérna) ......................................................................... 40 6. Impatiens parviflora (kisvirágú nebáncsvirág) ...................................................................... 40 7. Impatiens glandulifera (bíbor nebáncsvirág) ........................................................................ 40 8. Ailanthus altissima (mirigyes bálványfa) ............................................................................... 40 9. Parthenocissus quinquefolia (ötlevelű vadszőlő) .................................................................. 40 10. Fallopia japonica (japán keserűfű) .................................................................................... 40 11. Helianthus tuberosus (csicsóka) ........................................................................................ 41 12. Arion vulgaris (spanyol csupaszcsiga) ................................................................................ 41 13. Harmonia axyridis (harlekinkatica) .................................................................................... 41 5. How can we fight our local alien invasive species? ....................................................................... 43 a) Spain .......................................................................................................................................... 43 b) Bulgaria ...................................................................................................................................... 45 3 Nature Detectives E-book – – The project was co-financed by the EU (Erasmus+) Agreement number: 2015-1-PLO1-KA219-017195 1. Ailanthus Control ................................................................................................................... 45 2. Ailanthus Control ..................................................................................................................