The Orsillus maculatus was found by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agricultural specialists, arriving in cypress cones ...

These half-inch long, invasive Orsillus maculatus, a spore-spreading seed bug, were found inside undeclared cypress cones at ...

Agriculture specialists discovered rare spore-spreading seed bugs at Detroit Metro Airport amid undeclared cypress cones ...

A foreign pest that spreads fungal spores and poses a danger to native trees in Michigan and the U.S. was discovered at ...

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Local CBP and Department of Agriculture officials identified these as Orsillus species, a non-native insect known to feed on conifer cones. On January 1, a specialist at the USDA Systemic ...

Dawn redwood trees once were believed extinct. The towering trees have been quietly growing in Michigan for decades.

The eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginicum) is an evergreen conifer common to our region. It does well in sandy, gravely, ...