As I walked past a small, damaged cottonwood tree, I noticed an iridescent movement. It was a black beetle with numerous glimmering dots, even on its large eyes. It had an oval body, a blunt head and ...

Despite the buzz in recent years about other invasive insects that pose an even larger threat to agriculture and trees -- such as the spotted lanternfly, the stink bug and the emerald ash borer -- ...

State agencies are asking the public to keep an eye out for invasive insects known for boring into trees. The Washington Invasive Species Council, Washington State Department of Natural Resources ...

The Asian longhorned beetle, also known as the starry sky beetle, is native to eastern Asia but has successfully invaded North America and Europe where it infests maple, birch, willow, elm, and poplar ...

Meet America s newest pest. It s a small wood-boring beetle from India, and it could be in decorative pine cones or potpourri in your home. If the beetle takes to its new surroundings, pine trees ...

BECKET — A local congregation is rallying the town to save its historic house of worship ravaged by a wood-boring bug. The 40-member First Congregational Church needs to raise $200,000 toward ...