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Goldspotted Oak Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), is a flatheaded borer beetle new to California that poses a significant threat to oak trees. The pest is native to southeastern Arizona, where it is found in oak woodlands.
23 cze 2024 · According to Kyre and Joelene Tamm — a grad student studying these invasive insects at the University of California, Riverside — the beetles may have gotten to San Diego in the 1990s.
The goldspotted oak borer (GSOB), Agrilus auroguttatus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), is a flatheaded borer beetle new to California that poses a significant threat to oak trees. The pest is native to southeastern Arizona, where it is found in oak woodlands.
Overview. The Goldspotted Oak Borer (GSOB) is a buprestid beetle which is native to oak forests of Southeastern Arizona, and a closely related species (Agrilus coxalis), almost identical in appearance, is found in Central Mexico, and Northern Guatemala.
Agrilus auroguttatus is a species of jewel beetle in the United States, known by the common name goldspotted oak borer. Native to southeastern Arizona, it is best known for its probably invasive presence in California, destroying stands of oak trees in the Cleveland National Forest in San Diego County .
The goldspotted oak borer (GSOB) Agrilus auroguttatus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), is a wood borer native to southeastern Arizona, southern Mexico, and northern Guatemala. It is believed to be introduced into California and was first collected in San Diego Co. in 2004.
28 maj 2024 · Invasive shothole borer and gold-spotted oak borer beetles have killed thousands of trees in Southern California. Here’s how to protect yours. Feb. 23, 2022
