Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you observe toothpick-like protrusions from your trees, you have found evidence of the Asian ambrosia beetle. And once you see ...

“Sawdust hairs”, “worm-like, dust fringes”, “toothpicks” - all phrases homeowners have used to describe ambrosia beetle damage. Gardeners are clever describing the protrusions they’ve seen along the ...

Laurel wilt is a disease spread by the non-native red bay ambrosia beetle that affects trees in the laurel family. The disease, which originated from infested wood packing material, has killed native ...

From spotted lanternflies to the Joro spider, New Jersey residents have been introduced to their fair share of non-native species in recent years. Now, a non-native beetle, first found in the United ...

Q: I recently had three large sweetgum trees cut down in my backyard. They were very close to a dry creek bed and retaining wall, so I did not choose to have the stumps ground and removed. When I ...

The ship-timber beetle (Elateroides dermestoides) is a species of ambrosia beetle. Unlike many of its relatives, which are social insects that live in colonies, it is solitary and does not live with ...

Lillian Lewis, left, a Pacific Internship Program for Exploring Science intern, and Dan Mikros, a forest entomology technician from the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit, ...

Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange, leaf green and transparent flecked with gold. They’re ...