by Web Editor | Jul 25, 2014 | News, News/PR
Scientists are pitting insects against insects in a battle to control an invasive species. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers have released tiny parasitic wasps in forests in Maryland to attack the emerald ash borer, an invader from China that is...
by Web Editor | Jun 6, 2014 | News, News/PR
A New Jersey landscaper found the first signs of the destructive emerald ash borer last week. He was checking the health of ash trees at a strip shopping center in Bridgewater, Somerset County, when he spotted the telltale damage. He alerted state officials, who...
by Web Editor | Mar 5, 2014 | News, News/PR
If there’s a silver lining to the endless cold and snow of this winter, it’s that struggling forests are getting a reprieve from the toll of invasive insects. For decades, winters have been too warm to kill off insects, creating a never-ending population...
by Web Editor | Nov 20, 2013 | News, News/PR
There’s a new beetle in town, and it’s put a large chunk of Colorado under an emergency tree quarantine. The state’s department of agriculture said Tuesday that the discovery of the Asian Emerald Ash Borer in Colorado marks the western-most discovery...
by Web Editor | Feb 25, 2013 | News, News/PR
As the emerald ash borer ravages North American ash trees, threatening the trees’ very survival, a team of entomologists and engineers may have found a way to prevent the spread of the pests. Emerald ash borers (EABs), a type of beetle native to Asia, first...
