The Asian ambrosia beetle was accidentally imported to the United States in some peach trees in North Carolina that arrived from China in 1974. Since then, this insect has spread all over the U.S ...

In the WA capital, century-old Moreton Bay figs are among the trees falling victim to an alarming pest – and the city is ...

The nation's avocados are under attack from ambrosia beetles. This particular beetle species spreads a disease believed to have originated in Asia that can quickly kill trees and devastate an ...

According to forest health specialist Jim Moeller, this disease is carried by the Ambrosia beetle from Asia, which kills trees once they bore into them, leaving white little toothpicks with a ...