Borers

Their roots become old and woody, and infested with borers that eat them hollow from the inside.

Do you want to see forest devastation head a couple hours north and see thousands of huge old ash trees dying from the ash borers.

He was driving home from survey work farther north and took a route through "cabin country" to check for signs of ash borers.

If we can catch these flat-headed borers in the early stages, we can sometimes clean up the tree’s limbs, using a sharp, sanitized knife.

Learn about emerald ash borers and find a licensed tree contractor by visiting Lakewood.

Q: What type of borers attack our local trees?

Similar stingless wasps are being used in an effort to control emerald ash borers, also imports from Asia.

Taylor previously owned a tree care company in Ohio, the epicenter of the attack, and said he has treated more than 10,000 ash trees before, not losing a single one to emerald ash borers.

When emerald ash borers arrive in Utah, Davis said, they will have to jump from street tree to street tree.

Recent post-harvest losses in cereals amount to billions of dollars per year in the United States alone, and damage to wheat by various borers, beetles and weevils is no exception.

Rhododendron borers and various weevils are major pests of rhododendrons, and many caterpillars will preferentially devour them.