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Spruce Budworm

Choristoneura fumiferana

About

A small mottled grey-brown moth that is the most destructive forest pest in North America. Outbreaks can kill millions of hectares of spruce and fir forest.

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Did You Know?

A single outbreak in the 1970s-80s damaged more timber than all forest fires in Canada combined.