The Mediterranean Oak Borer is a tiny beetle that eats fungus in the wood of branches and trunks. The so-called “Ambrosia Beetle” spreads different types of fungus from tree to tree that could ...

Would you want to eat this beetle? Probably not, as it appears to be covered in fungus. That "fungus" is actually hair, however, which the recently discovered insect may use to put off would-be ...

Volatiles of fungal cultivars act as cues for host-selection in the fungus-farming ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus germanus. Front Microbiol. 2023;14. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1151078 Never miss a story ...

Retired after 38 years with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Janet Carson ranks among Arkansas' best ...

The fungus causes a disease that essentially blocks ... Agriculture at scc.agriculture@cep.sccgov.org or 408-918-4610. The beetle is capable of killing 17 tree species, including the box elder ...

Asian long-horned beetle. • Thousand cankers disease, which infests walnut trees. • Sudden oak death, caused by a fungus-like organism.

CHANG: Ooh, very mysterious - I hope this fungus beetle comes back. All right, what is next on your list? LAMBERT: So we'll stick with small creatures - this one in the ocean. CHANG: OK.

The fungus attacks the wood and then the beetle attacks the fungus, and it can attack and kill hundreds of species of trees." Concerns have also been raised within the community. "Urban heatload ...

Cape Town's Newlands suburb is initiating a significant tree replanting effort following the devastation caused by the ...

The number of beetle-infested trees in Elk Meadow Park is triple what it was in 2024. Denver7 is highlighting the crews who ...

This beetle obligingly landed on the arm of an RSPB volunteer outside the J.G. Graves Discovery Centre, Ecclesall Woods, staying long enough to be photographed. News you can trust since 1887 Sign In ...