Ips pini, or the Engraver Beetles are insects that develop in pines and spruces. Ips are everywhere in the United States. They are attracted to pines and spruces under stress from drought, root injury ...

Members of the Georgia Forestry Commission are calling this year's Ips beetle outbreak the worst they've seen. Madison Cavalchire went to a tree farm in Macon to find out how the tiny bug is having a ...

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Once beetles enter a tree, both the larvae and the adults overwinter beneath the bark, Gale confirmed. According to Gale and ...

CHEYENNE – First came the mountain pine beetle, then the emerald ash borer. And now, officials are warning of another insect threat to Cheyenne’s trees. The Cheyenne Urban Forestry Division, along ...

Alias: Ips beetle, engraver beetle, or simple “bark beetle.” Ips beetles are small, usually about a quarter of an inch long. They can vary in color from dark brown to black. Their back end tends to ...

A pair of 112-year-old spruce trees cut down near Old Mill Park were infested with ips beetles, arborists confirmed Thursday. The 90-foot-tall trees at 239 Pratt St. had been dying from the top down, ...

The Alabama Forestry Commission is working with Wiregrass timber owners to try to save the timber industry from the outbreak of Ips Bark Beetles. “Ips Bark Beetles are hitting our pines very hard,” ...

HOT SPRINGS -- A localized infestation of Ips engraver beetles in the Ouachita National Forest is forcing the U.S. Forest Service to cull a large number of trees in Montgomery County. The trees, which ...