International News Archive
Concern as tree-killing beetle spotted in southern suburbs
by Nettalie Viljoen, News 24 Peoples Post, January 26, 2023
Beetle infesting trees in Perth could pose deadly threat to Moreton Bay figs
by Lisa Cox, The Guardian, September 10, 2022
Call on Joburg's residents to plant trees to save the city's urban forest
by Shaun Smillie, IOL-Saturday Star, June 25, 2022
Tree-Boring Beetle Could Cost South Africa $18.5 Billion
by Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg, May 25, 2022
Boring to death: Meet the rampant beetle posing a huge threat to historic Cape trees
by Rebecca Pitt, Daily Maverick, February 10, 2022
Tiny shot hole borer beetle is causing big problems
by Sheree Bega, the Guardian & Mail, December 12, 2021
by Jenne Brammer, The West Australian, November 23, 2021
Tiny invasive beetle threatens millions of trees in South Africa
by Sheree Bega, the Guardian & Mail, June 6, 2021
Alien invaders: The hidden threat to South Africa's food, water and wild places
by Tony Carnie, Daily Maverick, May 31, 2021
Urban trees primed for invasion
by Nettalie Viljoen, People's Post, March 30, 2021
Three years on, the shot-hole borer continues to eat away at SA's trees
by Tony Carnie, Daily Maverick, December 5, 2020
Finally: A solution to get rid of the beetle that is killing SA's trees
by Riann Grobler, News 24, Aug 10, 2019
Cape Town experts battle invasive tree killing beetles
by News 24, June 13, 2019
10 Things to know about the bug that's relentlessly killing SA's trees en masse
by Claire Keeton, Sunday Times, June 1, 2019
Shot hole borer on the march through Cape Town trees, city council warns
by Timeslive, May 15, 2019
Dolphin Coast shot hole borer infestation results alarming
by Elana Wagner, The North Coast Courier, May 2, 2019
Beware of the beetle! Tiny, but deadly, insect is wiping out SA trees
by Claire Keeton, Sunday Times, April 9, 2019
Shothole country: Dangerous tree-killing, avo-destroying beetle found in the Cape
by Tom Head, The South African, April 8, 2019
South Africa struggles to stop spread of tiny beetle killing urban forest in Johannesburg
Independent, April 6, 2019
Bored to death: SA's mighty trees are dying a slow death
by Claire Keeton, Sunday Times, February 17, 2019
Tiny beetle a menace to one of the world's largest urban forests
TheWeek Magazine, December 10, 2018
Tiny beetles cause a giant crisis
by Sipho Kings, Mail & Guardian, September 21, 2018
Tiny beetle is killing SA's trees - and nothing can stop it
News 24, September 5, 2018
Borer beetle could spell ecological disaster on the South Coast
by Judi Davis, South Coast Herald, June 18, 2018