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Urban and Community Integrated Pest Management
Posts Tagged: ambrosia
Invasive Pest Spotlight: Ambrosia Beetles
![Male (left) and female walnut twig beetles. [L. Strand] Male (left) and female walnut twig beetles. [L. Strand]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/34720small.jpg)
Today's post for National Invasive Species Week highlights two ambrosia beetles that are detrimental to certain trees. Ambrosia beetles are highly specialized beetles that excavate tunnels in usually weakened or dead trees and cultivate fungal gardens,...