Overview data and information for the southern pine beetle.

Ips engraver beetles continue to heavily infest drought-stressed trees in northern and central Georgia.

Ips engraver beetles continue to heavily infest drought-stressed trees in northern and central Georgia.

As of May 31, 2017 the West Mims Fire had consumed 145,315 acres (113,170 acres of federally owned land and 32,145 acres on private and industrial property).

Rhizoctonia blight is typically published as a fungal disease pathogen causing blight or mortality in seedling stock of pine nursery beds.

The Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) trapping program helps detect exotic wood boring beetles entering our state. The trapping in Georgia for 2007 detected a new introduction of the camphor shot beetle, an exotic ambrosia beetle from Asia.

Currently, there are no reliable means for controlling Thousand Cankers Disease.

An invasive insect responsible for the death or decline of tens of millions of ash trees in 20 states has been detected in Georgia for the first time.

Overview map of cogongrass infestations in Georgia.

There were 95 new detections in 2019, bringing the number of known cogongrass spots in the state to 1351, scattered across 65
counties.