Meet the two-lined chestnut borer (Acanthocinus aedilis), a tiny but mighty troublemaker that’s been making life hard for hardwood trees! While this pesky beetle has a soft spot for chestnut ...

The shothole borer is a small beetle that can kill ... Dozens of other tree and shrub species are known to host the invasive beetle, such as the California buckeye, coast live oak, avocado and ...

A highly invasive wood-boring beetle was intercepted last month by U.S. border agents before it could damage forests and ...

In the WA capital, century-old Moreton Bay figs are among the trees falling victim to an alarming pest – and the city is ...

The invasion of destructive pests is wreaking havoc on America’s forests. Researchers at Colorado State University have ...

But the woodpecker prefers its mature and old-growth trees to be snags — because it loves to eat the wood-boring beetles that flock to large dead ... Unfortunately, the U.S. Forest Service and ...

The beetles are native to California and have co-existed with sequoias ... The beetles attack the trees from the canopy, boring into branches and working their way down the trunk.

One indication of the beetles is V-shaped cuts on the fronds from beetles boring through the crown. Photo courtesy Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response These safeguards reduce but do not entirely ...

April 7 (UPI) --A highly invasive wood-boring beetle was intercepted last month by U.S. border agents before it could destroy forests and ecosystems, Customs and Border Protection announced Monday.