Twin cities continue costly 15-year battle against invasive ash borer beetles as final trees are removed from public spaces.

But the bark beetle population is so great ... Once beetles successfully bore, they lay eggs. Eventually, the larvae eat their way around the tree’s phloem, which transports nutrients from ...

Keep an eye out for small, round depressions in the bark of your trees ... This is the by-product of the beetle larvae boring into the wood, and its presence often indicates a severe infestation.

Most bark beetles lay eggs under the bark of trees ... the fungi slip out of the suitcases and grow alongside the larvae, providing them with nitrogen-rich food. “The beetles can’t survive ...

The disease is a fungus that is introduced into healthy trees by the elm bark beetle. As the larvae of the beetle burrow into the wood, the fungus is spread. Chestnut blight has either eliminated or ...

The emerald ash borer was recently located in a declining ash tree in Armstrong. Previously, Emmet County had been the only ...

Sims explains how the beetles kill a tree ... and lay eggs and dig tunnels through the tree and the larvae feed underneath ...

As you might be aware, El Paso County and much of Colorado is seeing an uptick in mountain pine beetle (MPB) activity. MPB is ...

The emerald ash borer, a non-native, wood boring insect that affects ash trees, has been detected in all Iowa counties, the ...

The beetles' larvae feed on the flowers and leaves of wild thyme that ... The false ladybird eats fungus and lives underneath the bark of dead or dying trees, especially beech and birch. It is found ...

A bark beetle outbreak has severely affected ponderosa pine in the San Juan and Uncompahgre National Forests, and KSJD’s Cara ...

The adults will have overwintered in hedges, rubbish heaps, in mulch and under tree bark. Gardens are ideal winter habitats. In May and June, eggs are laid around host plants. Large striped ...