The USDA is asking South Carolina residents to help spot and kill Asian longhorned beetles in August. Clemson University Provided It’s beetle hunting season in South Carolina this month ...

Asian longhorned beetles attack 12 types of hardwood trees in North America — like maples, elms and willows — by creating tunnels as they feed inside the trunks and branches in their larval stage.

The ALB is an invasive wood-boring beetle that attacks 12 types of hardwood trees in North America, such as maples, elms, buckeyes, birches, and willows. Infested trees do not recover and ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — There's a bad bug out there -- an invasive species of wood-boring beetle that is responsible for damaging and killing hardwood trees throughout North America -- and it's been ...

The agency is asking South Carolinians to check their trees for these beetles. You can report sightings by calling the Asian longhorned beetle hotline at 1-866-702-9938 or online .

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCBD) – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared August “Tree Check Month” for Asian Longhorned Beetles (ALB). August is the month when pe… ...

Border agricultural specialists in South Texas found a banned beetle in a truck shipment of agave leaves in the first such citing of this pest in the United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protecti… ...

USDA and its partners are working to eradicate the tree-killing beetle. ALB was found most recently in South Carolina, when a homeowner reported finding a beetle in their backyard in 2020, leading ...