borer
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The forester examined the tree and found D-shaped holes — the calling card of the goldspotted oak borer — where the beetles had chewed through the tree to emerge from the bark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2026
The goldspotted oak borer is native to Arizona, where the ecosystem is adapted to it and it doesn’t kill many trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2026
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
The biochar — which the city produces from trees blown down in storms or damaged by the emerald ash borer beetle — traps carbon, conserves water and improves the soil.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
It is worth noting that natural forces had been heavily relied on for control of the corn borer.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
