The chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, represents a significant threat to chestnut production worldwide due to its capacity to induce extensive gall formation that compromises tree health and ...

Residents of Leon and Wakulla counties may be noticing dead or dying laurel oaks in yards or along the roads. If you look at these trees carefully, you will see round, wooden balls on the twigs and ...

University of Iowa Forbes Lab researchers documented evidence of a parasitic wasp called Euderus set that can use multiple species of the insect as its host. UI Ph.D. candidate Anna Ward worked on the ...

Many coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees are showing unusual browning in their canopies in the last month or two. If you look carefully, you may see small, crescent-shaped galls forming on the ...

Jun 25, 2023 Jun 25, 2023 Updated Jul 29, 2024 When some Central High School students hopped on rafts to travel the Ruby-Horsethief stretch of the Colorado River in May on an overnight camping trip, ...

In an effort to save wiliwili trees, the only species of its kind that naturally occurs in Hawaii, state officials are finalizing the details of a plan to fight off an invasive wasp that’s been ...

Reinforcements are being called to the front lines of a wasp-on-wasp war that has native wiliwili trees in Maui County and on other Hawaiian Islands hanging in the balance. Officials are asking that a ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state is proposing to release an insect from Africa to help stop an invasive wasp from damaging native wiliwili trees. The Erythrina gall wasp was first detected ...

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The arrival of the erythrina gall wasp in Hawaii likely happened through human activity. Scientists believe the tiny insect may have hitchhiked on imported plants or wood products, a common pathway ...