The goldspotted oak-borer, an invasive beetle responsible for killing 200,000 trees in Southern California, is now present in ...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) -- Who would think something so small could be so devastating? Nevertheless, entomologists continue to sound the alarm about the goldspotted oak borer, an invasive insect that ...
Don't worry if you live in the Northeast — this pest usually sticks to other regions. Here's where it's found and why your ...
The Mediterranean oak borer, a miniscule beetle no bigger than a sesame seed, has been discovered in trees around the Portland area. The invasive pest native to Europe, the Middle East and North ...
It’s less than a half-inch long but it can fell a giant oak tree in no time. The goldspotted oak borer, GSOB or Agrilus auroguttatus, is a 0.4-inch bullet-shaped beetle with six golden spots on its ...
‘I have some weird, seemingly hollow, green, round balls falling from my oak tree. What in the world are these things?” — S.Y. You are describing an interesting growth that can occur on a variety of ...
Invasive goldspotted oak borers have been newly detected in Ventura County. UC ANR is calling on community scientists to ...
While walking around our property this week, I came across two interesting things going on with our pin oak trees. The first thing that caught my eye was what looked like a white grape growing from an ...