Beetles

• Unique trapping methods help NB researchers potentially ward off infestations

  Natural Resources Canada researchers are using a variety of methods to find out how to better attract different species of insect.

  Environment

  Sep 27, 2016
  
• ‘Beautiful smell’ is a tree’s worst enemy against mountain pine beetles

  Although the sap produced by the lodgepole pine is toxic to the beetles, the smell of the sap can attract large numbers of the tiny bugs that can collectively end up killing a tree.

  Environment

  Jul 29, 2016
  
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• Alberta’s hot, dry forests face major threat from miniature bugs

  There's no question that hot and dry weather is threatening Albert'a forests - and so far this season, we've been focused on wildfires. But the threat isn't only from fire.

  Environment

  Apr 27, 2016
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• George Harrison memorial destroyed by beetles

  A pine tree planted in Los Angeles in memory of The Beatles guitarist George Harrison has died as a result of -- wait for it -- a beetle infestation.

  Entertainment

  Jul 22, 2014