As I walked past a small, damaged cottonwood tree, I noticed an iridescent movement. It was a black beetle with numerous glimmering dots, even on its large eyes. It had an oval body, a blunt head and ...

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a deceptively attractive metallic-green adult beetle with a red abdomen. But few people ever actually see the insect itself — just the trail of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract ABSTRACT: Wood-boring activities by various invertebrates control the availability of food and space in marine sunken wood communities. We ...

EDGELEY, N.D. — An invasive beetle responsible for killing hundreds of millions of ash trees across North America has been found for the first time in North Dakota, authorities said Thursday, Aug. 22.

Lea Nash was talking to her neighbor about Oregon's newest pest when one flew into her neck — or so she thought. Standing near their Eugene homes close to River Road, the bug bounced off her neck and ...

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In late June, Paul Cigan got a call from an arborist in Burnett County asking him to check out a suspicious ash tree. The the leaves on the upper branches of the tree had thinned, making the tree look ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a deceptively attractive metallic-green ...

Stashed inside a pitch-black storage room in Joey Votto’s home in Cincinnati are rows and rows of ash baseball bats. The bats are vacuum-sealed and stored upright on carpet to prevent warping. The ...

State and local officials are seeking a $5 million annual state subsidy to continue burning much of the metro area's tree waste as the region faces rapidly growing piles of emerald ash borer-infested ...

Here are some questions I dealt with this past week. Question: My Santa Rosa plum is infested with borers, how do I get rid of them? Answer: Dennis Swartzell from Horticulture Consultants said to ...

Invasive insects in the U.S. could kill up to 1.4 million street trees by 2050, according to researchers. In an international study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, a team found that the ...