The Redbay ambrosia beetle carries fungal spores on its body of Laurel wilt (Raffaelea lauricola), which it grows in the plants' sapwood for food. The fungus plugs the flow of water in the xylem, ...
However, neither its primary insect vector (Xyleborus glabratus) nor the causal agent of laurel wilt (Harringtonia lauricola) have been detected. However, investigations of material from wilting trees ...