April 7 (UPI) --A highly invasive wood-boring beetle was intercepted last ... found solid insect waste before discovering live beetle larvae. "Our nation's agriculture industry is constantly ...

Ash trees in Spartanburg are under attack by the invasive Emerald Ash Borer, a beetle native to China. The EAB's larvae feed ...

So far, the invasive wood-boring beetle had eluded him. When Cigan cut into the sapwood, there were serpentine-shaped tunnels woven through the tissues with cream-colored larvae actively chewing.

they ‘bore’ towards the wood surface to pupate, and emerge as adult beetles. Larvae live for 3 – 5 years, boring through timber before emerging to breed. Some will even bore through books on ...

Live larvae were also found ... trees for this invasive beetle The Asian Long Horn beetle is an invasive wood-boring beetle that attacks 12 types of hardwood trees, including maples, elms ...

Last April, dozens of trees infested with emerald ash borer beetles were removed from Forest Grove – and the wood was chipped up or burned to destroy the beetle larvae. In these provided photos ...

City officials hope to protect thousands of native ash trees from destructive emerald ash borer beetles through tree removals ...

Wood-boring beetles also create large feeding tunnels throughout the wood, like the way emerald ash borer larvae feed. These expected wood-eating beetles are native insect species in Michigan ...

After hatching, larvae eat their way into the tree ... can have significant indirect health impacts. The wood-boring nature of these beetles kills trees from the inside. Dead trees pose a ...

Since its introduction in 2002, the wood-boring beetle has rapidly spread ... the bird feeds on the beetles’ larvae. About one third of the counties in Wisconsin have already lost more than ...

New detections reveal the metallic-green beetle ... with emerald ash borer.” Ash trees lose the ability to transport nutrients and water as emerald ash borer larvae eat the inner bark, so ...