borer

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Ideally, he'd plant a variety that could resist the coffee berry borer, a beetle that feasts on coffee cherries, and that would ripen with greater uniformity.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2024

Lessons learned from the war on the oak borer could be applied to future invaders.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

Durbin described the goldspotted oak borer as “just like a cancer.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

Some of the earliest efforts to use urban wood systemically started in the Midwest in the early 2000s, as the invasive emerald ash borer killed millions of ash trees.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2022

Scientists in Czechoslovakia are experimenting with protozoa against webworms and other insect pests, and in the United States a protozoan parasite has been found to reduce the egg- laying potential of the corn borer.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson