“The beetles do make a difference,” says Hans Cornelissen at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Researchers already knew that, by killing trees, insect infestations in forests ...

When you think of animals that eat wood, termites are likely the first critters to come to mind. Termites are small insects that eat a variety of decaying plant matter, from leaf litter to wood. They ...

BELLAIRE, MI – An invasion of beetles is coming, and it will bring another wave of damage to the already battered Michigan Northwoods. Participants at last week’s annual Michigan Society of ...

A woman is sounding the alarm on retail stores that sell wood furniture after she claims a decorative wood ladder she brought into her home was infested with powderpost beetles. “This is just ...

What does the Asian longhorned beetle eat? Asian longhorned beetles in the larval stage burrow through trees, eating the wood as they go. Adult beetles are herbivores and tend to eat twigs and leaves.

Benji Jones is an environmental correspondent at Vox, covering biodiversity loss and climate change. Before joining Vox, he was a senior energy reporter at Business Insider. Benji previously ...

The darkling beetle feeds on decaying plant matter such as dead leaves and rotting wood. The darkling beetles may be of the Tenebrionidae beetle family, which includes more than 15,000 species ...

The fluid can be weaponized to take down other insects, like wood-boring beetles, one of the most destructive vermin in spruce forests. The fighting tactic, Seifert explains, involves “biting ...

Wood ash has proven effective in controlling a wide variety of garden pests—from slugs and snails to beetles and borers—as a diluted solution applied to leaves and as a dust. In laboratory ...

As most of the damage happens out of sight, it can be hard to realise you've got woodworm until a large amount of damage is done to the wood. Adult female beetles access untreated wood through cracks ...