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LONG HILL TWP. - The following are upcoming adult programs planned at the Long Hill Township Library, 917 Valley Road, Gillette.

Active agriculture is practised by several species of ambrosia beetles

Alnus ambrosia beetles (Xylosandrus germanus) are invasive, destructive pests of trees. For the first time, ecologists have identified volatile compounds released by the beetles’ own fungal symbiont as odors that attract females to existing colonies. These chemicals could be used to trap the beetles before they infest and kill new trees.

The alnus ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus germanus, also known as the black trunk borer, was accidentally introduced by humans from native East Asia to North

A shortage of regulatory capacity continues to slow the implementation of the EU's In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation.

Ambrosia beetles farm fungi for food and weed out the kind they don’t eat.

Like some ants and termites, ambrosia beetles grow crops | Science & technology

"To Kill a Troubadour"

Among species found under tree bark, perhaps the most unique are the ambrosia beetles.