beetle
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“So the kind of behavior and cell biology that’s required to integrate the beetle into the nest is the very thing that stops it ever leaving the colony,” Parker said, describing it as a “Catch-22.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
People can also volunteer to survey trees for signs of the dreaded beetle, allowing them to “do something instead of just worrying about it,” Nobua-Behrmann said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026
In 2024, the beetle was discovered in several canyons in Santa Clarita, putting it just 14 miles from the roughly 600,000 coast live oaks in the Santa Monica Mountains.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026
The scientists next examined how these beetle defenses affect the fungus Beauveria bassiana.
From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026
Emily looked down at the black beetle and back to Liam.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
