That pesky pest, the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB), has made its way to Durbanville and has nested in a Boxelder and Sweet Viburnum tree on a private property. The City has ...

The town said it is taking action to remove the trees from property it owns as they become infested with the emerald ash borer, an iridescent-green invasive beetle native to parts of Asia and Russia.

T hat pesky pest, the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB), has made its way to Durbanville and has nested in a Boxelder and Sweet Viburnum tree on a private property. The City has ...

If you notice curious mounds of sticky sawdust dotting the trunks of the tree, this is a telltale marker that pine beetles have begun their feast. You may also spy piles of red sawdust at the base ...

The pine wood nematode, a parasite carried by Monochamus, a genus of longhorn beetles, can be spread as the beetles fly. Infected pine trees can wither and die within about a month if untreated.

quickly mature and seek more borers to parasitize. The process has been found to be effective in other countries suffering from the beetle. At the same time, there has been no recorded instance of ...

If you notice curious mounds of sticky sawdust dotting the trunks of the tree, this is a telltale marker that pine beetles have begun their feast. You may also spy piles of red sawdust at the base of ...

A western pine beetle rests on a sap mound on a pine tree. - Charles Wollertz/Getty Images ...

Starting in 2021, the southern pine beetle "crashed over our parks like a tidal wave in this area," Ron Rausch, New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation's deputy commissioner of ...

Since the southern pine beetle was first detected in Napeague and Hither Hills state parks in the fall of 2021, it has spread rapidly throughout the Napeague area, killing about 40,000 trees. This has ...

Starting in 2021, the southern pine beetle "crashed over our parks like a tidal wave in this area," Ron Rausch, New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation's deputy commissioner of ...