The orsillus maculatus, a rare spore spreading seed bug, is known to be invasive to cypress and conifer trees.

When choosing the right plants for your landscape design, fast-growing ones that spill over with feathery foliage, like this ...

I wrote about the nutrient content of several types of wild fruit and how birds depend on them over the winter in the ...

Snaizeholme is a quiet side dale, rarely visited before the introduction of red squirrels by the owners of Mirk Pot Farm where they are now protected. To get there you can either get the local bus ...

Today, there are 11 dawn redwoods on the Michigan Big Tree Register, a program of the Michigan Botanical Society. The ...

Michigan's millions of conifer trees may have just dodged a bad bug ... spore-spreading seed bug from the Mediterranean ...

Agriculture specialists discovered rare spore-spreading seed bugs at Detroit Metro Airport amid undeclared cypress cones arriving from Jordan late last year, according to U.S. Customs and Border ...

These half-inch long, invasive Orsillus maculatus, a spore-spreading seed bug, were found inside undeclared cypress cones at ...

An invasive bug species found at a Michigan airport marks just the third time the species has been intercepted in the United ...

The eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginicum) is an evergreen conifer common to our region. It does well in sandy, gravely, ...

A foreign pest that spreads fungal spores and poses a danger to native trees in Michigan and the U.S. was discovered at Detroit Metro Airport.