It looks like lice on your trees. Unprecedented infestations of pine needle scale — a native insect that eats the needles of pine, spruce and fir trees — are on the rise on private lands in the High ...

Pine needle scales are some of the most destructive insect pests affecting conifer shrubs and trees in Colorado, specifically Summit, Eagle and Grand counties. Pine needle scale feeds on the needles ...

Dale Monette, Quabbin program coordinator, looked out the window of the Visitor's Center at mist rising from the Quabbin Reservoir that lay as calm as a mill pond. The 25-year veteran of the state ...

A fallen pinecone landed an award for one industrial design student at California State University, Long Beach. Alix Armour, 24, was hiking with her family in Santa Barbara when the inspiration for ...

An exotic pest originating in Greece and Turkey is threatening Australia's $1 billion softwood plantation industry. The giant pine scale is causing "fairly significant" damage to pine, fir and spruce ...

LAKE GEORGE — Invasive experts are asking the public to be on the lookout for a new invasive pest found last year in the Lake George region. Red pine scale, an insect native to Japan, was found on ...

VAIL – A tiny bug – other than the infamous pine beetle – is causing some big problems for trees in Vail.The town of Vail has hired an arborist to spray 450 Colorado spruce trees that have been ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A microscopic insect is threatening New York’s red pines. Red pine scale feeds on the tree’s nutrients, forming white tufts at needle bases and branch tips. Experts are urging ...

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State forestry officials plan to remove about 120 acres of red pine trees from a state park this winter to slow the spread of an aggressive insect that's destroyed thousands of the trees in southern ...

Pine cones open when dry and close when wet. In this way, pine seeds are released only under advantageous conditions, namely when it is dry and the seeds can be carried far by wind. Opening and ...