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

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

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 ...

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.

The half-inch-long insects were discovered among fresh cypress cones, brought for medicinal purposes, during a routine inspection of a passenger in transit to Ohio.

Michigan's millions of conifer trees may have just dodged a bad ... Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport identified a rare, spore-spreading seed bug from the Mediterranean region amid ...