In the decades since, the wood-boring beetle has spread east and west across the U.S. and Canada, killing tens of millions of ash trees, causing one of the costliest forest insect invasions to date.

Cerambycid beetles, commonly known as longhorned beetles, are a diverse group of wood-boring insects that play significant roles in forest ecosystems. Their behavior, particularly in relation to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An invasive wood-boring beetle is quickly spreading in Texas, thanks to human interactions. Emerald ash borers are an invasive species that bores into ash trees—whether it’s ...

Raised ridges can be seen on the trunk and branches of infested trees. Keeping trees healthy helps to reduce their attractiveness to native borers. Insecticides can help protect valued trees. 1/4 to 1 ...

Nuisance insects are different from powderpost or deathwatch beetles that can reinfest wood and cause extensive damage. Wood-boring insects tunnel in the wood as they feed. In most cases, the damage ...

Wildfires consume all and leave little more than ashes in their wake—but that’s hardly enough to stop these animals from ...

Any wood is prey to a number of organisms. The house borer beetle likes to make an endless system of tunnels as it eats its way through wood. The process starts when an adult female lays eggs ...

This variability could inform the development of hardier ash trees, resistant to both the invasive beetles and rising ...

Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is an exotic, invasive wood boring beetle in the Buprestidae family. Emerald ash borer, EAB, feeds exclusively on ash trees, Genus Fraxinus, with the exception ...

Samples taken from a Boxelder and Sweet Viburnum tree on a private property in Durbanville tested positive for the invasive ...

That pesky pest, the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB), has made its way ... English Oaks, Beef Wood, Weeping Willow, Cape Chestnut, Black Locust, Paperbark, and Maples.