The emerald ash borer (EAB) is a deceptively beautiful insect. As the first part of the name implies, the one-centimeter long beetles are an iridescent, metallic green. They have large ...

A researcher in Ohio was surrounded by hundreds of dead ash trees wiped out by a beetle called the emerald ash borer. But ...

In the Adirondack Park, scientists released parasitic wasps in a nationwide experiment using biological controls against ...

A sniffer dog that can detect diseased trees has been trained by the Government in a bid to save Britain’s woodlands from ...

Specifically, a chemical called mectinite is used to kill boring insects. First, holes are drilled around the base of the tree, then tubes (which are connected to a pressurized container of mectinite) ...

Removals add hundreds of thousands as communities and forest owners seek to reduce losses, limit the numbers of beetles and limit the numbers of potential hazard trees. As of October 2008, the emerald ...

The emerald ash borer is an exotic beetle that feeds off nutrients in ash trees and essentially starves the trees to death, said Michael Schommer, MDA communications director. âÄúIt is 100 percent ...

Among the signs that your trees have been infested with emerald ash borer: pay attention to the ... of Natural Resources to combat an invasive beetle that's killing ash trees.

The Emerald Ash Borer was discovered in Boulder in 2013. This small beetle, which burrows under the bark of ash trees disrupting the flow of nutrients and water, is predicted to cause a 25 percent ...

An emerald ash borer hovers, checking out the female forms ... areas not yet affected by EABs could help scientists detect the beetle’s spread in time to attempt preventive measures.