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 ...

Q: My huge avocado tree has been attacked by ambrosia beetles. My tree trimmer says there is nothing to be done to save it. I’ve lived with this tree for 30 years and don’t want to lose it. Is there ...

The alnus ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus germanus, also known as the black stem borer, was accidentally introduced by humans from its native east Asia to North America and Europe around the beginning of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ambrosia beetles feed on special fungal coatings that grow in the tunnels they bore into old wood. To early naturalists, these coverings seemed like divine ambrosia, which is how the beetles got their ...

You probably wouldn't enjoy a home made of alcohol-soaked wood. But for ambrosia beetles, it doesn't get any better. These insects make a living by growing fungal "gardens" in dead, dying, or stressed ...

A recent experiment provides evidence of a bark beetle species' agricultural capability. The fruit-tree pinhole borer can suppress the growth of weed fungi and promote food fungi. Ambrosia beetles ...