This beetle sometimes lands on humans, particular on people wearing bright clothing . * Food: Adults feed on young buds and leaves of trees; larvae tunnel under tree bark, feeding on the wood.

The Florida Entomologist Vol. 91, No. 2, Jun., 2008 Temporal and Spectral Features of Sounds of Wood-Boring Beetle Larvae: Identifiable Patterns of Activity Enable Improved Discrimination from ...

The beetle is among the most diverse insects in the world. There are more than 400,000 known species belonging to the insect ...

It was a black beetle with numerous glimmering dots, even on its large eyes. It had an oval body, a blunt head and short antennae. This was a metallic wood boring beetle. Colorado is home to 92 ...

April 7 (UPI) --A highly invasive wood-boring beetle was intercepted last month by U.S. border agents before it could destroy forests and ecosystems, Customs and Border Protection announced Monday.The ...

PORT HURON, Mich. – A highly-invasive wood boring bug was intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Port Huron. It was discovered March 17 by CBP agriculture specialists at a Port ...