TFRI researcher Chao Jung-tai, who over the past six years has traveled all over Taiwan doing tree pest and disease control work, says: "There really has been some increase in the number of cases reported to the TFRI this year." In the past, reports averaged three to four a month, but this year there have been over ten in two months.
六年來時常走訪各地、進行林木病蟲害防治的林試所研究員趙榮台說，「今年林試所接到的案子確實多一點」，過去平均一個月三、四件，今年兩個月已發生十幾件，危害林木的除了蛾類幼蟲，肇事者還有浮塵子、粉虱等其他生物。