Formic acid also powers the species’ pest-control role. The fluid can be weaponized to take down other insects, like wood-boring beetles, one of the most destructive vermin in spruce forests.
Samples taken from a Boxelder and Sweet Viburnum tree on a private property in Durbanville tested positive for the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB).
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Summary includes findings on insects, disease outbreaks and other impacts to Minnesota forests.The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has released its 2024 Forest Health Annual Report ...
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In the decades since, the wood-boring beetle has spread east and west across the U.S. and Canada, killing tens of millions of ash trees, causing one of the costliest forest insect invasions to date.