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

The Orsillus maculatus was found by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agricultural specialists, arriving in cypress cones from Jordan.

Michigan's millions of conifer trees may have just dodged a bad ... bug from the Mediterranean region amid undeclared cypress cones arriving from Jordan late last year. The half-inch-long Orsillus ...

These half-inch long, invasive Orsillus maculatus, a spore-spreading seed bug, were found inside undeclared cypress cones at Detroit Metro Airport in late 2024. U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

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

The half-inch-long insects were discovered among fresh cypress cones, brought for medicinal purposes, during a routine inspection of a passenger in transit to Ohio.

The undeclared cones were brought to the U.S. for medicinal ... They feed directly on cypress seeds and other conifer species and carry fungal spores on their bodies, which spread when they ...

An invasive bug species found at a Michigan airport marks just the third time the species has been intercepted in the United States, officials say. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say the ...

CBP said the “Orsillus species” were discovered among fresh cypress cones brought for medicinal ... makes it a potential threat to native conifer trees that have low genetic resistance to ...