To determine which insect is causing the damage, look at the cut ends of the branch. The twig girdler cut is smooth around the outside where it was chewed, and ragged in the middle where it broke off.

Sometimes squirrels will cut off tree limbs and twigs. However, twig girdlers are causing most of this damage to tree limbs. The beetle also attacks persimmon, hickory, oak, poplar, dogwood and ...

Twig girdlers are common throughout most of Texas ... I generally do nothing at all, as the damage to the trees is hardly noticeable. I’ve always just thought of them as part of fall.

They are a long-horned beetle, and although the damage they do is noticeable, it is usually not detrimental to the tree. Completing their development in late summer, the twig girdler emerges from ...

The twig girdler, so named for its apparently sheering ... “There’s really no real damage to a tree unless it’s young, in which case it can destroy the form,” Walkingstick said.

The girdled portion of the twig that contains the egg will soon fall to the ground. Twig girdler damage can be recognized by the smooth cut on the outside of the twig near the bark and a ragged ...

Dear Neil: My mother passed away in Mississippi in February. She had a lovely Japanese maple beside her house (see photo attached with my letter). In getting the house ready ...

Twig girdlers typically prefer pecan ... the insect from your yard and prevents the larvae from maturing and doing damage again next year. • Plant container-grown trees and shrubs this month.

Actually, similar damage is caused by a small group of insects, called twig girdlers and twig pruners. Fortunately, these insects are not a serious problem, but their presence can be seen as small ...

<strong>DEAR NEIL:</strong> We have twig girdler beetles in our post oak trees. We worked hard last year to keep these trees alive, and we don't want to lose them now.

Have you noticed small limbs scattered on the ground beneath your pecans, hickories, persimmons, or elms? Do they look like they’ve been run through a pencil sharpener? If so, you’ve likely ...

There is no damage from cicadas on the twigs at my house ... that create dying branches for their larvae to live in. The twig girdler female lays an egg near the end of a branch, crawls up ...