Seasonal staff are starting to disperse throughout the state to set traps as part of the Washington State Department of ...

A December 2020 study in The Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials notes that "the remarkable success of xylophagous [wood-boring] insects mainly lies in the larval ability to ...

The tree removal project was prompted by the presence of the emerald ash borer, an invasive wood-boring beetle. In Greater Sudbury, as in many other parts of North America, the ash population has been ...

The most common is the elm bark beetle, which carries the fungus that causes Dutch elm disease. The emerald ash borer may look beautiful — bright emerald green in colour — but it can cause a lot of ...

Similarly, queens of certain ant species in the genus Formica have survived for 20+ years. Wood-boring beetle species, particularly those in the family Cerambycidae, demonstrate remarkable longevity, ...

Tim Crouch took these photos in the backyard of his Golden Hills home of Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus). Flickers are a ...

Slightly larger holes in deciduous trees may indicate a type of wood-boring beetle. Larger holes or large ragged holes may indicate a species of woodpecker. The number of holes is also important. If ...

The garden centers are stocked full of the latest eye-catching blooms, shrubs, small trees, veggie packs and all sorts of ...