05.04.2015 Environment Beetlemania: Insect poses long-term threat to Pine Barrens The southern pine beetle, as it turns out, isn’t all that southern anymore. The voracious and highly destructive insect — which decimates millions of cubic feet of timber across...
05.04.2015 Agriculture The life cycle of a southern pine beetle infestation Trees attacked by southern pine beetles go through three stages before the beetles move on: Fresh attacks: Females initiate the attack on the tree, releasing pheremones once a suitable...