The southern pine beetle (SPB) (Dendroctonus frontalis) and black turpentine beetle (BTB) (Dendroctonus terebrans) are serious pests of pines in Florida’s natural, cultivated, and landscape areas.

Throughout the year we receive many pine bark beetle calls. Pine bark beetles attack and kill pine trees that have been stressed. The three most common stresses for pine trees that invite pine bark ...

As Colorado experiences its signature whiplash weather, arborists are warning that stressed trees are more vulnerable to pests and diseases. Peel back the bark, and you may find a predator in your ...

Despite the damage incurred by recent hurricanes, notably Hurricane Michael in 2018, the pine tree industry in Florida still is a major contributor to the state’s economy. This industry includes the ...

ALL green plants are food for other creatures! I am repeatedly reminded of this statement from one of my botany professors almost forty years ago. I really do not mind this statement as I am busy ...

QUESTION: I live in a community that used to be a pine tree farm. I think my pine trees have pine beetle infestation, and I have been losing them one by one. I notice that the bark comes off and there ...

Trees, especially pine trees, are in for challenging times. Although pine trees are relatively drought tolerant, ongoing drought, as we’ve experienced in Marin County for several years, has caused ...

Ips pini, or the Engraver Beetles are insects that develop in pines and spruces. Ips are everywhere in the United States. They are attracted to pines and spruces under stress from drought, root injury ...

As he waits with his daughter for the school bus, Tom Langmead can hear the pine bark beetles munching on pine trees at High Oaks Park. “You can actually hear them as you're standing at the bus stop – ...

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 ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. ” Bark beetles that have killed millions of acres of lodgepole pines throughout the West have been found in pines in Fort Collins. Experts haven’t determined how the beetles jumped ...

BISHOP, Calif. — Forest pathologist Martin MacKenzie strode forward on a narrow path through California’s mythic bristlecone pine forest in the White Mountains near the Nevada border, methodically ...