trees and bugs...
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Topic: trees and bugs...
Posted By: merc
Subject: trees and bugs...
Date Posted: 14 September 2008 at 7:43pm
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so i have a pecan tree that keeps dropping limbs...
there are some dead sticks on the tree (towards the end of the limbs) that have small beetle like bugs aprox 1/4" wide and 3/4" long. their lower end is about twice as long as their top end. lower end is yellow and black stripes like a bee and their front is bright red. they seem to be a wood boring insect however, they only seem to attack the dead wood. (have not found any bugs in the house, deck, or shed) the tree has dropped 3 limbs in the past month. these limbs have ranged from 6"-8" in diameter and 20-25ft long. they have been the lower branches but look healthy for 10-15ft from the break... there was a few bugs on the far ends of the limbs but no tunnels anywhere near the fracture... do these trees "shed" their lower limbs and grow new ones near the top? i know it looks like pine trees grow from the top and their lower limbs die off. any knowledge on the bugs/ pecan trees? ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 14 September 2008 at 7:58pm
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In before Tallen.
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Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 14 September 2008 at 9:46pm
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Benjichang wrote:Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 14 September 2008 at 9:47pm
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 14 September 2008 at 9:50pm
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 14 September 2008 at 10:13pm
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Most hardwoods will drop their limbs occasionally, but to have limbs that large coming down means that there is probably a big problem with the tree. The insects might be a false-positive, my guess is that you've got some sort of a blight that is affecting the tree. As for the beetles/bugs, I'm not sure what they'd be, but you'd probably have a good chance of finding out if you go to a local garden center. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 14 September 2008 at 10:14pm
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use fire, that will fix the problem. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |