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  • Image: Gray squirrels 1
    Credit: C. Behrendt, University Of Minnesota
  • Image: Gray squirrels 2

    Credit: J. Hahn, University Of Minnesota

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green arrowGray squirrels

  • Whole leaf sections are removed from branches and dropped to ground
  • Unusual numbers of complete, green leaves laying beneath the tree
  • Damage usually occurs in late spring, early summer
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  • Image: Twig girdler 1
    Credit: G. K. Douce, Univ. of GA, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Twig girdler 2

    Credit: J. Hahn, University Of Minnesota

  • Image: Twig girdler 3

    Credit: H. A. "Joe" Pase III, TX Forest Service, Bugwood.org

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green arrowTwig girdler
Oncideres cingulata

  • Small branches on ground; outer half is smooth while center is rough from where it has broken off
  • Dead twigs may be scattered in canopy
  • Adult is about 9/16 inch long, grayish brown with scattered yellow spots, with antenna as long as its body
  • Damage seen in August and September
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