borer
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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 goldspotted oak borer is just 14 miles from the Santa Monica Mountains’ 600,000 oak trees and threatens to devastate forests throughout California, harming wildlife and increasing fire risks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
This was the work of the goldspotted oak borer, explained Durbin, forestry division chief for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
Some of the earliest efforts to use urban wood systemically started in the Midwest in the early 2000s, as the invasive emerald ash borer killed millions of ash trees.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
There the root borer is a serious pest of the banana, so weakening its roots that the trees are easily toppled by wind.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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