They live in and near palo verde trees, and are adapted to live in other native and nonnative trees, including olive and rose, according to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson.

Palo verde trees are putting on a spectacular show this ... said John Wiens of the Botany Department at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Some might call that almost an understatement, with ...

Palo verde trees are bursting into early bloom around ... The palo verde — with a name that means “green stick” in Spanish — is Arizona’s official state tree. It’s revered for its ...

Among many other benefits, planting trees around your home really ... The velvet also has a stronger root system. The palo verde is the state tree of Arizona and there are two species that are ...

In a yard filled with angel figurines and a series of ‘demon’ black beetle sightings, it’s more like the War in Heaven for one Arizona woman ... known as the Palo Verde Beetle.

“Green stick” palo verde trees, Navajo turquoise ... A deep cultural heritage—Mexican to Anglo, Hopi to hipster—flavors Arizona’s communities. Cities shimmer with possibilities, from ...

Palo verde beetles are known as root borers. The females lay eggs in the soil 2 to 3 inches deep near host trees — typically palo verde trees and similar plants. This means that once you become ...

Palo Verde Canyon is aptly named for the many green-stemmed palo verde trees found in this desert canyon that leads down from the Santa Rosa Mountains. A hike up this canyon leads to an old ...

On a cliff’s edge, overlooking the rippling waters of Lake Pleasant, biologists from the Arizona Game and Fish Department anchored ropes to nearby palo verde trees before carefully lowering ...

If Arizona residents live by Palo Verde trees or have them in their yards, they’re more likely to see these bugs. And the older the tree, the more likely a Palo Verde beetle lives there.