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Watch Out for the Flatheaded Tree Borer
Last month, an emerging pest made its way into the Lower El Paso Valley. This pest is the flatheaded tree borer. I first became aware of the borer in one location, but it appeared in more places in the following weeks. The flatheaded tree borer is a xylem-feeding insect and has been identified in multiple...
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Stopping an Unwanted Pest by Spreading Pecan Weevil Awareness
When I first accepted the position as the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension IPM Agent for El Paso and Hudspeth Counties in 2019, I didn’t know how important they were to the producers. I grew up where pecan trees were for shade and pecan pie was just my favorite pie to eat. I quickly discovered that...
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