Invasive beetles found in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Santa Cruz County beetle infestation in north county

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) -- The county's agriculture department announced Wednesday that there is an infestation of an invasive beetle that was found in the Felton area. The county said that a person reported seeing damaged trees while on a hike near East Zayante Road and Graham Hill Road. The beetle, identified as invasive shot hold borers can damage or kill a wide variety of trees, according to the county. They also say that while e…

Invasive beetle that kills trees detected in Felton

FELTON — An invasive beetle that poses a threat to the wooded abundance in the Santa Cruz Mountains was recently spotted in North Santa Cruz County, officials announced Wednesday. The county Department of Agriculture and the UC Cooperative Extension shared in a release that they are monitoring a confirmed infestation of the nonnative invasive shothole borer beetle along a section of Zayante Creek, south of Graham Hill Road, after tree damage was…

Invasive beetles found in the Santa Cruz Mountains

The County of Santa Cruz says there is evidence of an invasive beetle detected in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Invasive shothole borer beetle found in Felton area

The Santa Cruz County Department of Agriculture and the University of California Cooperative Extension are alerting the public to a “confirmed infestation” of the shothole borer beetle along Zayante Creek south of Graham Hill Road in Felton. The presence of the invasive, non-native species was confirmed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Entomology Laboratory. The Department of Agriculture was first alerted by a Felton reside…