BEATING the BUG
The Polyphageous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB), an ambrosia beetle, attacks living trees, digging tunnels and cultivating the fusarium fungus that its offspring feed on. The fungus spreads through the tunnels, blocking the tree’s vascular system, more often than not killing it.
Despite wide press coverage of the devastation the beetle, and its symbiotic partner, the fungus, can cause to both agriculture and domestic environments, there is still quite a bit of confusion on how to combat
