Mark Hoddle vs. the Goldspotted Oak Borer

Every year, California’s diverse ecosystem is invaded by new, often-destructive species of exotic pests, resulting in annual economic losses of more than $3 billion. In this short video, Mark Hoddle, the director of the Center for Invasive Species Research at the University of California, Riverside, looks for a way to save the state’s oak trees from the goldspotted oak borer beetle, an invasive pest that has killed up to 80,000 oak trees in Southern California.

Watch the video below: