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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last year’s floods, droughts and heat equaled a tough time for trees. Be on the lookout for stressed pine trees. Pine bark beetles ...

Bob Hammon says there’s one word to describe western Colorado’s pinon forests. “Changing,” he said. Look around local pinon-juniper forests, and it’s easy to pick out red-needled pinon trees standing ...

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 ...

BASALT, Colorado ” Mike O’Link peeled off a shingle-sized piece of bark from a pinon pine in the sun-drenched hills above Basalt on Monday morning, exposing a dozen pests that have the ability to ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – Joint Base Lewis-McChord is full of beautiful forests. Often, the forests are filled with Douglas fir trees, but ponderosa pine is also present. Ponderosa pine is ...