Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you observe toothpick-like protrusions from your trees, you have found evidence of the Asian ambrosia beetle. And once you see ...

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 their ...

Q: My huge avocado tree has been attacked by ambrosia beetles. My tree trimmer says there is nothing to be done to save it. I’ve lived with this tree for 30 years and don’t want to lose it. Is there ...

Ambrosia beetles feed on special fungal coatings that grow in the tunnels they bore into old wood. To early naturalists, these coverings seemed like divine ambrosia, which is how the beetles got their ...

Laurel wilt is a disease spread by the non-native red bay ambrosia beetle that affects trees in the laurel family. The disease, which originated from infested wood packing material, has killed native ...

Researchers at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) at the University of Hawaiʻ`i at Mānoa have published the first study to confirm the role of ambrosia beetles in Rapid ...

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers are playing an important role in the fight against rapid ʻōhiʻa death. Since 2013, this fungal disease has killed hundreds of thousands of ʻōhiʻa trees and ...

Ambrosia beetles constitute a diverse clade of wood-boring weevils that cultivate specialised fungal symbionts within their galleries. These mutualistic fungi, principally members of the ...

You probably wouldn't enjoy a home made of alcohol-soaked wood. But for ambrosia beetles, it doesn't get any better. These insects make a living by growing fungal "gardens" in dead, dying, or stressed ...

Ambrosia beetles practice active agriculture: A bark beetle species breeds and cultivates food fungi in its nests and ensures that so-called weed fungi spread less. This has now been experimentally ...

A recent experiment provides evidence of a bark beetle species' agricultural capability. The fruit-tree pinhole borer can suppress the growth of weed fungi and promote food fungi. Ambrosia beetles ...