ROMULUS, Mich. (WILX) - Agriculture specialists discovered rare spore-spreading seed bugs at Detroit Metro Airport amid undeclared cypress cones arriving from Jordan late last year, according to U ...

Bald cypress seed cones are globular, about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and they turn from green to brown as the seeds mature. Twenty or more rather large triangular seeds are produced in each cone.

They are known to feed on cypress seeds, causing “significant damage to cypress plantations and stands,” customs officials said. “In addition to this, these bugs carry fungal spores on their ...

CRCL and CGR, in conjunction with the 9th Ward CSED, will be collecting cypress seeds from residents, and using seedlings from their own tree nurseries for the reforestation project.

Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, has been a “Weed and Seed” neighborhood since 2009 — and tomorrow there apparently will be a jobs fair.

They are known to feed on cypress seeds, causing “significant damage to cypress plantations and stands,” customs officials said. “In addition to this, these bugs carry fungal spores on their ...

They are known to feed on cypress seeds, causing “significant damage to cypress plantations and stands,” customs officials said. “In addition to this, these bugs carry fungal spores on their ...

They are known to feed on cypress seeds, causing “significant damage to cypress plantations and stands,” customs officials said. “In addition to this, these bugs carry fungal spores on their ...

Found among cypress cones brought from Jordan for medicinal purposes, the half-inch-long insects were discovered during a routine inspection of a traveler, according to a Feb. 5 news release.