It seems there’s always a new destructive insect pest ready to move in and chomp on New Jersey’s trees. In the south, the southern pine beetle has been eating through the Pinelands National Reserve, ...

Over the winter, the Emerald Ash Borer has been spotted in three new locations throughout Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has confirmed Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) confirmed in ...

PAXTON – When it comes to invasive insects, many local residents are familiar with the Asian long-horned beetle that wiped out 30,000 trees in and around Worcester a few years back. It appears the ...

Alias: Mountain pine beetle or pine borer. Adults are quarter-inch-long black beetles. The larvae are white and can be found under the bark when peeled back. Both adults and larvae live under the bark ...

Emerald ash borer has yet to found in Brown County, but the Aberdeen Forestry Department isn't sitting idly by waiting for the insect's inevitable appearance. About 35 to 40% of the boulevard trees in ...

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Q: I have been told I have borers in my dogwood tree. What are borers, and what can I do to deal with them? C. J., Tulsa A: Once borers are in a tree, nothing can be done to get rid of them, so the ...