News tagged with ambrosia beetle

Ambrosia beetles have highly socialized systems

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ambrosia beetles have long eluded scientists when it comes to being able to study their natural social structure. These beetles live deep within the solid wood of trees and when you disturb ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Spread of fungus-farming beetles is bad news for trees

(PhysOrg.com) -- North Carolina State University researchers have found that a subset of fungus-farming ambrosia beetles may be in the early stages of a global epidemic threatening a number of economically ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Invaders could devastate Florida avocado industry

Florida's lucrative avocado industry could face a serious blow from a duo of deadly new invaders. Together, the invasive fungus called "laurel wilt disease" and the redbay ambrosia beetle, which carries laurel wilt, represent ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Beetle, fungus threaten Florida's avocado industry

(AP) -- A little beetle could cause big problems for Florida's multimillion-dollar avocado industry.

Biology / Ecology

created May 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Holy Guacamole: Researcher Tracks Invasive Beetle Threatening Florida's Avocados

(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at North Carolina State University is tracking the movement of the Redbay Ambrosia beetle, an invasive insect that, if it spreads to southeast Florida, may severely affect the production of avocados, ...

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0