UTAH TREE DOCTOR CAN IF LOCUST BORERS ARE AFTER YOUR BLACK LOCUST AND OTHER LOCUST TREES
What Is The Cause Of My Tree's Illness?
The locust borer is a species of longhorn beetle common in North America.
Dangers Of Locust Borer Infestation
The locust borer most often attacks the black locust tree and is considered a serious threat to the trees. it can also attack other species of locust trees. Trees that are already stressed trees may be killed. Larvae tunnels weaken the trunk and branches, making them more susceptible to wind damage. They also cause twig and branch die back. Black locust trees try to heal the damage caused by the larvae by creating swellings on the branches and trunk.
How A Basic Diagnoses Is Made
Locust borers are fairly easy to identify, however finding early signs is more helpful. Locust borer eggs are small white ovals, laid singly or in groups of 6-8. Newly hatched larvae are creamy white and about 3/4″ long. Mature larvae are white, distinctly segmented and hairless with a reddish-brown head. They are about 1″ long and 1/4″ in diameter. The adult locust borer is a slender long-horned beetle, about 3/4″ long, with reddish legs and black antennae, distinguishable bright yellow bands on a black body. They have a W-shaped yellow marking on the wing covers.
PESTS, PROBLEMS AND THEIR TREATMENTS
Ash Borer
Aspen Gall
Aspen Black Leaf Spot
Birch Leafminer
Birch Stink Bugs
Black Locust Borer
Black Turpentine Beetle/Pitch Moth
Boxelder Webworms
Bronze Birch Borer
Chlorosis
Codling Moth
Coryneum Blight
Conifer Bark Beetle Ground
Elm Leaf Beetle
Fall Poplar Borer
Fall Willow Borer
Fire Blight
Greater Peach Tree Borer
Gummosis
Honey Locust Borer
Lesser Peach Tree Borer
Oak Bullet Gall
Oak Lace Bugs
Oak Leaf Blister
Oak Webworms
Pine Tip Weevil
Powdery Mildew
Sawfly
Scale
Slime Flux
Spider Mites
Spring Poplar Borer
Spring Willow Borer
Spruce Cooley Gall Adelgid
Strawberry Root Weevil
Sycamore Anthracnose
Fruitworm
