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Girdled pecan twig Twig girdler on pecan twig This beetle is widely known for the damage it causes to pecan plantations, but also to lumber trees such as hickory , oak , poplar and elm . In late summer and fall, the adult female girdles small branches, 1 ⁄ 4 -to- 1 ⁄ 2 -inch (6.4 to 12.7 mm) diameter, with its mandibles, cutting through the ...
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Oncideres albipilosa Noguera, 1993; Oncideres albistillata Dillon & Dillon, 1952; Oncideres albomaculata Dillon & Dillon, 1946; Oncideres albomarginata Thomson, 1868; Oncideres albopicta Martins & Galileo, 1990
Mesquite is a common name for some plants in the genus Prosopis and Neltuma, both of which contain over 40 species of small leguminous trees. They are native to dry areas in the Americas . They have extremely long roots to seek water from very far under ground.
A twig girdler (Oncideres cingulata) can seriously affect reproduction by killing back the tops of seedlings and sprouts. Both standing dead trees and freshly cut logs are highly susceptible to attacks by numerous species of wood borers.
The Index of Plant Diseases in the United States lists 133 fungi and 10 other causes of diseases on Carya species. Most of the fungi are saprophytes, but a few are damaging to foliage, produce cankers, or cause trunk or root rots. The most common disease of pignut hickory from Pennsylvania southward is a trunk rot caused by Poria spiculosa ...
The twig girdler (Oncideres cingulata) may seriously prune seedlings and even large trees by girdling the terminal and branches. The hickory bark beetle (Scolytus quadrispinosus) can be troublesome during dry years and periods of stress. [citation needed]
The hickory spiral borer kills many seedlings and young trees, and the pecan carpenterworm degrades both trees and logs. The twig girdler (Oncideres cingulata) attacks both small and large trees; it seriously deforms trees by sawing branches. Sometimes, these girdlers cut hickory seedlings near ground level.