Tree Pest Photos

Old Monkey

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I took this pict at Olompali State Park in California on a hike. I believe it they are Northern tent caterpillars. I just had three days of classes and thought this pict would have been a good one for the pest seminar we had.

Anyone have any good borer picts? Those Emerald Ash Borers are cool looking and thankfully not this side of the Rockies.

 

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this is what i got. came out of a stone pine

 

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Old Monkey

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Was the tree successfully pitching them out or were the little beasties winning?

 

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Here is the skin of a lilac ash borer after it has already done its damage and left the tree as an adult.

 

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the one on the right was cut in two with a chainsaw removal

 

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• Jan 21, 2008

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Here are a couple Eastern Tent Caterpillars.......this was the year that we had trouble not only in the trees, but they somehow caused pregnant horses to miscarry (last I heard it was thought to be due to the caterpillars favorite food: wild cherry leaves, very toxic.)

Here's the big file, I used it for a desktop background for a while that year.