The crape myrtle bark scale, an invasive insect, is less well-known. First spotted in Delaware in 2020, the bug threatens the beauty of these beloved trees. The pest is now active in Sussex and Kent ...

Bark beetles are eating through Germany’s Harz forest ... 2023. Link copied. Dead trees stand in Lower-Saxony state forests at the Harz mountains near Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, Friday, July 28, ...

The acres affected by the balsam bark beetle held steady at 27,000, but more of those trees die. Other pests like the spruce budworm can damage trees but don’t necessarily kill them, West said.

Defends the tree from animals that eat the bark and leaves by making the tree taste bad. Protects the tree from disease-causing fungi and bacteria. Repels and even kills insects that might damage ...

Mon., Oct. 28, 2024 A male pileated woodpecker pecks into a tree’s bark in search of insects to eat on Aug. 22, 2023, near Elk, Washington. (COLIN MULVANY/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW) ...

Bark beetles are important for New Mexico’s forest ecosystems. They usually attack stressed trees, which are then replaced by younger, stronger trees. Defoliators are insects that eat tree ...

From insects to deer to rabbits, there are plenty of potential culprits eating your garden's plants, and there are just as many ways to stop them.

The further south you go, the bigger the bugs. Heat has a dramatic effect on the growth rate of some species, and North ...

I noticed a lot of small twigs with leaves on them under my oak tree and became concerned about the oak. It is a large, ...

WRENSHALL — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has quarantined Carlton County after discovering infestations of an ...

It’s almost summer, and for some bugs and pests, it’s the time they start gnawing on your trees. The D.C. area had very little rain — to the point of a drought — and Lou Meyer, an arborist ...