Today we talk about two insects of local interest: the Southern pine beetle, which are biting our trees, and ticks, which are ...
Officials in coastal Massachusetts are sounding the alarm after confirming the presence of a highly destructive forest pest ...
Maine state entomologist Allison Kanoti, right, shows Cory Hughes from the Canadian Forest Service how to find and identify red pine scale at an infected site in Washington County, Maine. October 26, ...
You may notice a pine sawfly on your pine trees this spring or summer. The pesky creatures are more disturbance than damage, but The News Tribune has gathered advice on what to do about them. A common ...
Q: I had several large pine trees removed last fall due to beetle infestations. I still have seven pine trees in the wooded part of my backyard. They are maybe 12-15 feet from each other at the ...
Red pine trees have been a visible presence in Bear Brook State Park since the 1930s, but with a devastating and resilient invasive insect sweeping through the park's population and threatening to ...
Take a walk in the woods in Summit County and study the bark in the pines. Chances are high that you’ll spot some divots and channels carved out by none other than the infamous pine beetle. We know ...
Chris Steigerwald saw the browning tops of the pitch pines and hiked toward them for a closer look. As he drew near, the New York forester said he saw tree trunks marked with hundreds of oozing, ...
A plague of tiny mountain pine beetles, no bigger than a grain of rice, has already destroyed 15 years of log supplies in British Columbia, enough trees to build 9 million single-family homes, and are ...