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  • Image: Honeylocust borer 1
    Credit: K.F. Westphal, Parks & Forestry, City of Cedarburg, WI
  • Image: Honeylocust borer 2

    Credit: L. Treeful

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green arrowHoneylocust borer
Agrilus difficilis

  • “D” shaped exit holes found in declining branches
  • Branches larger than ½ inch diameter die back from larvae feeding under bark
  • Removal of bark reveals frass filled galleries
  • Wet spots due to sap-stains on bark around infestation sites
  • Adults are 5/16- ½ inch long, bullet-shaped with characteristic whitish to yellowish bands on abdomen
  • Adults make notches along leaf margins while feeding

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