Tomorrow Thursday day 31, to the 20:45 hours there will be the first Talk to the Cool of this season to the Centre of the Nature of *Menorca to *Ferreries. The hairy caterpillar of the *alzina will be the protagonist.

The archduke Lluís Salvador wrote on this insect: "Also has observed that the following or subsequent year to the *infestació, the *aglans give in big quantities". To principles of the years 80, an episode *virulent of hairy caterpillar affected the *alzinars of Hermitage and the *alzinar of *Enclusa to *Ferreries, and today find in mint condition.

Of nine, this year has been present in the media the controversy of the performances of the Balearic Government to control this caterpillar, *estalonades for companies *forestals to *Menorca; his possible impact in the ecosystem, and the opposition of the *GOB and of the Insular Council to the no selective fumigations. Which has to *fonamentat in all these positionings? Which solution is *aportant to those that suffer the invasion of caterpillars? Which economic and ecological problem really there is?

Pere *Fraga, naturalistic, neighbour of *Ferreries and big connoisseur of the that represents the *Lymantria *dispar for our forests of *alzinars, *aportarà light to the doubts that can have on this affair, and also a technical contrast to the positioning that justifies the performances that are realizing .