In a world awash with what-the-heck moments, the dangling purple traps contribute one more puzzlement for passers-by. The insect seducers hang from the limbs of ash trees. From some angles the lures ...

Grass and vegetation against the trunk of a stone fruit tree provides a humid and secluded place for female borer moths to lay their eggs. Grass against a trunk also increases the likelihood of string ...

With emerald ash borer (EAB) in the news, homeowners are paying closer attention to trees for signs of borers. First, know that EAB has not yet been found in the Columbus area and we are not ...

After thousands of trees were lost to the devastating shot hole borer beetle infestation, new life is being planted in Newlands, Cape Town. It’s the first reforestation effort to restore biodiversity ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Recently, there has been an uptick in questions related to one of Indiana’s most notorious invasive pests: the emerald ash borer. Homeowners, businesses, even professionals ...

Common tree pests fall into three main categories: defoliators such as tent caterpillars that eat leaves, borers like emerald ash borer that attack the wood of the tree, and sap suckers like scale ...

The City of Cape Town says at least 30 000 trees within its municipal boundaries may be at risk from the invasive polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) beetle, following the latest confirmed detections ...

Don't worry if you live in the Northeast — this pest usually sticks to other regions. Here's where it's found and why your ...

This non-native beetle kills ash trees by feeding on the layer beneath the bark, cutting off water and nutrients. Approximately one-third of the trees in Fort Collins are ash trees, making the city's ...

BLOOMINGTON A non-native insect that has killed swaths of ash trees in Michigan hasn’t been spotted in Central Illinois, but experts see a strong chance it will spread south through the state. "Unless ...