Tag: redbay ambrosia beetle

Hitchin’ a Ride: A Review of Firewood as a Vector of Forest Pests in North America

Human-mediated movement is a major way in which forest pests get from one place to another. Many pests that live in or on wood can be unknowingly moved in firewood. A new review in the Journal of Economic Entomology looks at what we know about forest pest movement in firewood, and what we can do about it.

Entomology Today January 28, 2021 4 Comments

The Best Look Yet at the Tiny Fungus Storage Units Inside Ambrosia Beetles

Advances in microscopic imaging techniques are revealing, in unprecedented detail, the structure of mycangia—the internal organs that ambrosia beetles use to store and transport the symbiotic fungi they farm.

Forest Pest Invasions Can—And Should—Be Studied Before They Happen

What can we learn about ambrosia beetles in their native host ranges?

Fungi May be Used to Control Fungus-farming Beetles

The redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus) — native to India, Japan, Myanmar, and Taiwan — was first detected in 2002 in southeast Georgia. It was presumably introduced in wood crates […]