Time to Get Out the Moth Balls

The people of the U.S. and China are at peace, and we certainly hope that it continues this way. However, American insects are on the warpath, and are threatening the image of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. That's right - the thousands of hectares of trees planted around Beijing to portray an environmentally friendly Games are being ravaged by the American White Moth, a native of North American forests. This moth is a prolific breeder that can lay up to 3,000 eggs at a time. The larvae can strip a healthy tree of foliage in a matter of days.


Chinese forestry officials are using sexually attracting agents, insecticide lamps and bees in an attempt to combat the ravenous moths.

Chinese officials have several other environmental initiatives for the 2008 Games, including pest elimination campaigns targeting rats, fleas and lice at gymnasiums and athletes' villages.

RATS, FLEAS, AND LICE AT GYMNASIUMS AND ATHLETES' VILLAGES?? Forget about the stupid moths and work on these things first!