The Spectrum

Green Metallic June Beetle attacking fig trees

Question: We have a Black Mission fig tree and a large green bug is eating the figs. At first I thought it was birds so I covered the tree with netting. When I checked the tree today I saw 4 or 5 ...
WTKR

For first time, Emerald Ash Borer found in Hertford County, North Carolina

HERTFORD COUNTY, N.C. — The green, metallic beetle, known as the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has appeared for the first time in Hertford County, North Carolina. The North Carolina Forest Service said the ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Garden Calendar: Identify which shiny green insects are friends, foes

This summer certainly is the year for green insects — with Japanese beetles making their presence known, emerald ash borers knocking on our door, and the usual suspects just seeming to be more visible ...
Public Opinion

A green beetle that eats trees is costing Pennsylvania consumers millions a year

GREENSBURG – A green metallic beetle is costing local consumers millions of dollars a year. The emerald ash borer is killing ash trees across Pennsylvania. The trees can fall in woodlots, in backyards ...
The Journal

Green June Beetle can damage fruits, vegetables

As an adult, the Green June Beetle can cause losses by feeding on ripe apples, peaches, grapes, blackberries and other fruits and vegetables according to Kelly McGowan, horticulture educator with ...
salisburypost

Ashes to ashes: Invasive beetle continues to cause demise of green ash trees

SALISBURY — Pulling back the flaking bark of the green ash tree with the ease of someone peeling an orange, Jay Bolin exposes the evidence he expected to find. “Look at those D-shaped exit holes,” he ...
Times Colonist

How a tree-killing beetle chose wrong human to fly into, revealing presence in B.C.

VANCOUVER — The tiny beetle could scarcely have picked a worse human to fly into. Amateur entomologist Andrew Short was sitting on a bench in downtown Vancouver in June 2023 when the unfamiliar ...