One pest to look out for during these seasons is the western conifer seed bug. When these creepy crawlies are adults, they are brown with a yellow or orange and black pattern, and fully grown ...

In Oregon and western Washington, it is a major constituent of the Picea sitchensis, Tsuga heterophylla, and Abies amabilis Zones and is less important in the Tsuga mertensiana and Mixed-Conifer ...

Hotter and drier conditions are destroying the ability of many Western conifer forests to spring back after wildfires, a new study has found. The onslaught of destructive fire and climate change ...

These nuisance pests are looking for a warm, protected place to overwinter and hibernate. The western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) is the largest of the four insects. It feeds ...

And then you have the stink bugs, especially marmorated stink bug, which we have a few of, but probably one of the more common ones of that group is the western conifer seed bug,” said UMaine ...