HOLYOKE — A small green beetle burrowing in the city’s ash trees is putting them in danger. Officials are actively combating the emerald ash borer, an invasive species. Sometimes trees can be treated, ...
SOUTHWICK — Glowing with a sparkling green iridescent shell, it’s just about the prettiest beetle one might ever see, and it’s a killer…of any ash tree where it lays eggs. “They are here,” said ...
James E. Zablotny/USDA APHIS This week, crews removed dozens of infested ash trees in Forest Grove as part of a state plan to slow the spread of the destructive pest. This month, state agencies ...
The invasive Goldspotted Oak Borer beetles are responsible for killing at least 200,000 oak trees in SoCal, increasing fire ...
A tiny beetle has infested dozens of trees in a canyon in the Santa Susana Mountains in the Simi Valley area, marking the ...
The green pest was found in ash trees near City Hall. Fargo has spent 16 years educating the public, removing and treating ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Invasive emerald ash borer beetles were discovered in three more Oregon counties this summer, officials said. Emerald ash borers are small metallic-green beetles native to ...
After seeing my article last week on the efficacy of systemic insecticides for bark beetles and borers in pines, a reader, Ken, wondered whether a product he was using against bronze birch borers was ...
Q: I have been cutting off the dead branches on borer-infested trees. Should I burn or dispose of these dead branches? A: Flat-headed borers can get in the sunburned limbs and young trunks of peach, ...
If you want your ash trees to stand a fighting chance against the emerald ash borer, now through mid-April is the time to treat your trees this invasive pest, say insect and tree experts for the ...
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“They’re really majestic trees,” she says. “They go back centuries of importance to people.” Hagerty, an arborist for 11 years, and the owner of Arbor Gold Tree Services in Plymouth, is fighting to ...