Volunteers paint lime wash on an oak tree that is dying from a beetle infestation in Silverado Canyon on Thursday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) The tree was dead. Ron Durbin, who trekked ...
The aggressive Redbay Ambrosia beetle is no bigger than Abraham Lincoln’s nose on a penny, but over the last two decades, the invasive insect has managed to kill more than 500 million trees in North ...
SEASON NEVER SEEMS TO END THAT COULD BE A BIG PROBLEM.. (:20 A NEW INSECT IN CALIFORNIA KNOWN AS EUWALLACEA INTERJECTUS IT'S A THIRD SPECIES OF SHOT HOLE BORER THAT WASN'T PRESENT IN CALIFORNIA IN THE ...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is declaring August as “Tree Check Month” for the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB). USDA and its partners are asking residents of ...
There’s a tree killer on the loose in Oregon, and nobody knows how to stop it. An invasive green beetle called the emerald ash borer arrived in the Midwest from Asia, and it’s killed over 100 million ...
It’s been just over one year since Lavaloha farmer Daeus Bencomo found telltale signs of Queensland longhorn beetles on his 30 acres of cacao: penny-sized boreholes, the larvae’s sawdust-like waste ...
The destructive Emerald Ash Borer beetle has been increasing its range in the U.S. for decades. After being found near Forest Grove in 2022, it’s been confirmed in five Oregon counties, as of ...
Ron Durbin, who trekked with a group into a rugged Santa Clarita canyon, quickly spotted nearby trees pockmarked with D-shaped “exit holes,” a deadly calling card. This was the work of the goldspotted ...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is declaring August as “Tree Check Month” for the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB). USDA and its partners are asking residents in ...