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 ...

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 ...

Shade tree borers occur on occasion. They’re not as pervasive as some may suggest, however. Through the years, I’ve had job-seeking individuals come to my home and tell me that my trees were infested ...

Salem crews will soon begin injecting city-owned ash trees with an insecticide to protect them from the emerald ash borer. Residents with city-owned trees adjacent to their homes will soon be getting ...

FARGO — Emerald ash borer has finally made its way to North Dakota. On Aug. 22, the beetle was found in a trap near Edgeley. Forestry experts with the City of Fargo are busy treating healthy ash trees ...

SOUTHWICK — Glowing with a sparkling green iridescent shell, it’s just about the prettiest beetle one might ever see, and it’s a killer…of any ash tree where it lays eggs. “They are here,” said ...

RICE farmers are advised to avoid unnecessary insecticide spraying on rice leaves to better manage rice stem borer infestation. Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Crop Protection Division ...