JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A state’s insect expert called the discovery of a tree-killing bark beetle in a Bothell trap “concerning.” Washington state officials have been tracking the migration ...

CBP officers intercepted a Ctonoxylon spinifer Eggers, or an African bark beetle, in a traveler’s belongings during a routine inspection in February, officials said Thursday. The 3-millimeter-long bug ...

The seasons are changing from fall to winter, and one of the major changes to the environment is that the deciduous trees have lost their leaves. Evergreen trees may still have green needles, but all ...

NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. (WTVD) -- An invasive insect species is posing a serious threat to a popular kind of tree in the Carolinas. The Crape Myrtle Bark Scale is a felt scale insect that has a main diet ...

We see it all in the Plant Clinic, and this summer we’ve been seeing a lot of Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae or crapemyrtle bark scale. This invasive insect from southeast Asia first appeared in the ...

Here in New England, the pine bark beetle also seems to be causing more tree deaths than previously, and ecologists have ...

The free Sebastopol talk will help gardeners determine good versus bad bugs. Learn about the beauty and function of tree bark during a guided tour of Sonoma Botanical Garden Sunday, Feb. 25. The tour ...

The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section is ...

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