Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you observe toothpick-like protrusions from your trees, you have found evidence of the Asian ambrosia beetle. And once you see ...

“Sawdust hairs”, “worm-like, dust fringes”, “toothpicks” - all phrases homeowners have used to describe ambrosia beetle damage. Gardeners are clever describing the protrusions they’ve seen along the ...

Laurel wilt is a disease spread by the non-native red bay ambrosia beetle that affects trees in the laurel family. The disease, which originated from infested wood packing material, has killed native ...

From spotted lanternflies to the Joro spider, New Jersey residents have been introduced to their fair share of non-native species in recent years. Now, a non-native beetle, first found in the United ...

The ship-timber beetle (Elateroides dermestoides) is a species of ambrosia beetle. Unlike many of its relatives, which are social insects that live in colonies, it is solitary and does not live with ...

We have a nasty little visitor from Asia that I wish we could build a wall to keep out. The Asian ambrosia beetle was accidentally imported to the United States in some peach trees in North Carolina ...