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  • Image: Codling moth 1
    Credit: James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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    Credit: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, Bugwood.org

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green arrowRoundheaded appletree borer
Saperda candida

  • Dead stems and stem breakage
  • Cracks or splits in bark on lower stems
  • Areas of darkened bark and sap oozing from entrance hole
  • Larvae have round bodies, tan to cream colored, legless, about 1 – 1 ½" long
  • Adult brown with two white stripes, about ¾" long with equally long antennae
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  • Image: Fruitworms 1
    Credit: Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Fruitworms 2

    Credit: Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org

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green arrowShothole borer
Scolytus rugulosus

  • Numerous small exit holes in bark, about ¼" diameter
  • Dead twigs from larvae feeding under bark
  • Typically attack stressed or weakened trees
  • Adult beetle dark brown, 1/10" long
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