VIDEO: Gold Spotted Oak Borer, or GSOB, in Southern California

 

Gold spotted oak borer videoThe gold spotted oak borer is a tiny beetle causing huge damage in Southern California. It infests the region's towering oak species - coast live oak and canyon live oak - and can kill a centuries-old tree in just a year or two.

This video follows the beetle from San Diego to Los Angeles counties to see what damage it's doing and what many fear may come next.

 

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