Parmenter said he isn’t sure how the elm seed bug reached La Plata County. But Siberian elm trees that produce the seeds the bug eats are a weedy species that is cut for firewood and shipped around.

Idaho residents have a new summer pest to worry about: the elm seed bug (Arocatus melanocephalus). These insects, about 6 mm ...

A little bug is causing a big headache for many people in the Loveland area. Neighbors say the elm seed bugs are arriving in droves and crawling inside unwanted spaces trying to escape the heat.

This is where the elm seed bug comes in. By feasting on the seeds, the bugs slow the elm trees' spread, Formby said. "So one invasive species may help control another invasive species," he said.

Elm seed bugs (arocatus melanocephalus) are relatively new to Idaho. They first established in 2009 near Boise but have since been found throughout the state wherever elm trees grow.

But we don’t just write about any old bug guys. Vanderwerp, 34, of Birmingham made a discovery in his backyard last summer. A tiny red-and-black elm seed bug, an invasive species never before ...

Other invasive insects around the state have also had an impact on Vermont trees — the emerald ash borer, for example, has been spreading in Vermont since 2018, and spongy moth caterpillars ...