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Invasive Spotlight: Shot Hole Borers and the Diseases They Carry

Discolored patches on bark from polyphagous shot hole borer adults boring into a tree trunk. (Credit: Akif Eskalen Lab, UC Riverside)

Shot hole borers are tiny insects the size of a sesame seed that don't look particularly harmful, but don't let their diminutive size fool you. Two of these borers are invasive—the polyphagous shot hole borer and the Kuroshio shot hole borer. They...

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Posted on Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 10:00 PM

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Invasive Shot Hole Borers Threatening Trees in Southern California

Fig.1. Adult female Polyhagous shot hole borer (Euwallaceae sp.).

[From the December 2016 issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin] The Polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) (Fig. 1) and Kuroshio shot hole borer (KSHB) are invasive wood-boring beetles that attack dozens of tree species in Southern California, including...

Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 1:10 PM

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Posts Tagged: Kuroshio

Invasive Spotlight: Shot Hole Borers and the Diseases They Carry

Invasive Shot Hole Borers Threatening Trees in Southern California

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