Science news articles about 'wood boring insects'Tree-killing fungus officially named by scientists
... one of many species of fungi carried by ambrosia beetles, a group of highly specialized wood-boring insects that feed on symbiotic fungi, which they carry from tree to tree in specialized sacs. The ... Novel fungus helps beetles to digest hard wood
... The Asian longhorned beetle is one such insect that attacks healthy trees and bores through the hard wood to get at ... the lignin, they first fed pin oak wood to Asian longhorned beetles. Next they fed ... Entomologists play matchmakers for cerambycid beetles
... on host trees, drawn there by their attraction to volatile chemicals that the trees release.
Also called wood-boring beetles, cerambycid beetles deposit eggs in protected places on bark. The larvae ... Digesting the termite digestome -- a way to make biofuels?
... t on our radar screens yet."
This kind of digestome analysis could also be applied to other insects that feed on woody material, such as wood-boring beetles, and certain wasps and flies, Scharf adds.
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Tree-killing fungus officially named by scientists
... one of many species of fungi carried by ambrosia beetles, a group of highly specialized wood-boring insects that feed on symbiotic fungi, which they carry from tree to tree in specialized sacs. The ...Novel fungus helps beetles to digest hard wood
... The Asian longhorned beetle is one such insect that attacks healthy trees and bores through the hard wood to get at ... the lignin, they first fed pin oak wood to Asian longhorned beetles. Next they fed ...Entomologists play matchmakers for cerambycid beetles
... on host trees, drawn there by their attraction to volatile chemicals that the trees release. Also called wood-boring beetles, cerambycid beetles deposit eggs in protected places on bark. The larvae ...Digesting the termite digestome -- a way to make biofuels?
... t on our radar screens yet." This kind of digestome analysis could also be applied to other insects that feed on woody material, such as wood-boring beetles, and certain wasps and flies, Scharf adds.