WA government changes tack in borer battle, but is it ‘too little, too late’?

A tiny pest has been spreading through Perth. Here's how it goes undetected

The WA government will stop trying to eradicate an invasive beetle called the polyphagous shot-hole borer and start managing it instead. Why is this pest so dangerous, and what can be done about it?

WA government changes tack in borer battle, but is it ‘too little, too late’?

With the eradication goal deemed “no longer technically feasible”, the government is moving to a “management” response to the highly invasive polyphagous shot-hole borer.

Sacking call as borer battle lost

The invasive shot-hole borer is here to stay, with the state conceding it had failed in its bid to stave off the pest locally, shortly before allocating millions to management in the state budget.

Australian state abandons invasive beetle eradication effort to focus on management

SYDNEY, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Australia's state of Western Australia (WA) has abandoned efforts to eradicate an invasive beetle species that has destroyed thousands of trees and will instead focus on limiting its spread. Jackie Jarvis, WA's minister for agriculture, on Thursday announced that national authorities met on Wednesday and determined it is no longer feasible to eradicate the polyphagous shot-hole borer