Emerald ash borer is an invasive insect that kills ash trees by feeding on their bark. Recent assessments predict a significant spread of emerald ash borer into West Fargo’s ash tree population, ...
Emerald ash borer beetles, an invasive species that kills ash trees by gnawing away at the tissue beneath the bark, have toppled more than four trees onto her property over the past decade.
The polyphagous shot-hole borer is about the size of a sesame seed, but if it finds a tree it likes it can rapidly multiply, growing from just a few beetles, to hundreds, to thousands in a short time.