SUN JOURNAL • July 16, 2024
As nonnative insects continue to surge in numbers, i-Tree pest predictor could predict the next species to become a pest before it arrives in Maine. University of Maine’s Angela Mech is an expert on invasive forest insects. As a researcher, Mech has led the effort to create the tool. Eighteen other experts have contributed to the databases that inform i-Tree’s predictions. The i-Tree pest predictor is available at pestpredictor.itreetools.org/predictions.