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 a healthy or ...

That pesky pest, the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB), has made its way to Durbanville and has nested in a ...

In all, there are 17 tree species that can be killed by the shothole borer beetle, Woodward noted, but the list does not include the redwood that is ubiquitous in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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.

The City of Cape Town is urging residents to attend a vitally important online information session about the invasive Polyphagous shot hole borer beetle. This came after the City informed residents ...

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

FELTON, California (KSBW) — A tree boring beetle previously restricted to the southeastern part of the country has now been detected in the western states, including the Felton area in the Santa ...

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

The shothole borer is a small beetle that can kill an entire tree by boring round holes the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen into a tree’s bark. A beetle is shown in an entry hole above.

The invasive emerald ash borer, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was first found in the United States in southeast Michigan in 2002. In the decades ...