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

The orsillus maculatus, a rare spore spreading seed bug, is known to be invasive to cypress and conifer trees.

Michigan's millions of conifer trees may have just dodged a bad bug. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced this week ...

These half-inch long, invasive Orsillus maculatus, a spore-spreading seed bug, were found inside undeclared cypress cones at Detroit Metro Airport in late 2024. U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

Rare spore-spreading seed bugs were intercepted ... They feed directly on cypress seeds and other conifer species and carry fungal spores on their bodies, which spread when they move around.

In Bittsevsky forest there are centuries-old spruce trees, in Serebryany Bor there are pine trees, and in Biryulevsky dendropark you can see exotic species of conifers.

Agriculture specialists discovered rare spore-spreading seed bugs at Detroit Metro Airport amid undeclared cypress cones arriving from Jordan late last year, according to U.S. Customs and Border ...