YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. - The invasive Japanese beetle is wreaking havoc on Washington’s agriculture and gardens, and state officials warn that the fight to eradicate the pest could take over a decade.

Washington State Department of Agriculture officials are again asking for property owners in the Lower Valley to have their yards sprayed to kill invasive Japanese beetle larvae. Mailers from the ...

The Washington ... the beetle will establish here permanently, resulting in expensive quarantines and trade restrictions for our farmers and an endless battle with beetle infestations for ...

Now, we've received additional emails that show both the Department of Health and the City of Fort Pierce knew about the infestation since ... Varner's unit at Pine Creek Village.

lower elevation lodgepole pine forest that may be replaced by sagebrush steppe and high elevation spruce fir forest experiencing slower bark beetle infestation and much higher precipitation inputs. We ...