
There’s a beetle called the polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB) that is attacking avocado trees on the Costa Tropical.
In Salobreña there are wooden, insect nests called Refugios para Insectos (Insect Shelters) fixed to trees, etc around town.
A micro-organism, native of North America and Japan is wiping out the pine forests across the country. From the moment of being attacked by this tiny invader, the tree doesn’t even last a month.