Meet the two-lined chestnut borer (Acanthocinus aedilis), a tiny but mighty troublemaker that’s been making life hard for hardwood trees! While this pesky beetle has a soft spot for chestnut ...

That pesky pest, the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB), has made its way ... Cape Chestnut, Black Locust, Paperbark, and Maples. Over 400 sightings of infested trees have been ...

The borer is a form of ambrosia beetle (Euwallacea fornicatus) that burrows into a healthy tree trunk, leaving tiny “shot-holes” like a blast from a small-bore shotgun. Once inside ...

Durbanville residents have been urged to inspect the trees on their properties for symptoms of the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB ... Black Locust, Paperbark and Maples.