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Many of you have heard of or read about the polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB), an invasive ambrosia beetle which emerged as a major threat to trees across South Africa. PSHB tunnels into the trees, establishing galleries in which it breeds. It carries a fungal symbiont as its food source, but the combination of beetle tunnelling and fungal infection causes dieback and death of many