A drive to the mountains in San Diego County means you're surrounded by nature, trees especially, which have been facing a major threat from something so small…
A drive to the mountains in San Diego County means you're surrounded by nature, trees especially, which have been facing a major threat from something so small you might not even notice it.Anyone walking around the San Luis Rey Picnic Area off state Route 76 can see the contrast, with a mix of healthy oaks, dying trees and those that appear dead. Experts say it's caused by an invasive beetle.
"Then those eggs will hatch, the larvae will tunnel into the living tissue inside the tree and that tissue is responsible for moving around water and nutrients up and down the tree to make its leaves, to keep it growing," Kyre said. ”You will see gallery wall under the bark where the larvae were developing and feeding as the journeyed their way to beetles," Kyre said.
Meantime, Kyre and Tamm said, there are a couple of treatment options being utilized. If the tree is badly infested, it could be cut down and removed. Another option is injecting trees with insecticide. Tamm has been surveying the trees, protecting the ones that have a chance at being saved.
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