Forest Pests: Insects, Diseases & Other Damage Agents

Forest Health Guide for Georgia Foresters

Written by Terry Price, Georgia Forestry Commission
Adapted for the web by the Bugwood Network

2008 Revised Adobe Acrobat PDF - NEW

Table of Contents - Previous Version

Introduction

Forest Entomology

Wood Infesting Insects
Insects Using Wood As A Nesting Site
Carpenter Ants
Carpenter Bees
Solitary Wasps and Bees

Beetles That Attack Weakened Trees and Freshly Cut Logs
Cerambycids and Buprestids
Southern Pine Sawyer
Locust Borer, Oak Borers

Beetles That Attack Dry, Debarked Wood
Old House Borer
Powderpost Beetles

Subterranean Termites

Defoliating Insects
Hardwood Defoliators
Greenstriped Mapleworm, Orangestriped Oakworm, Spiny Oakworm
Buck Moth
Oak Skeletonizer
Cherry Scallop Shell Moth
Forest Tent Caterpillar
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
Catalpa Sphinx
Walnut Caterpillar
Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar
Gypsy Moth
Locust Leafminer
Sweetgum Defoliator
Larger Elm Leaf Beetle
Elm Leaf Beetle
Japanese Beetle
Yellow Poplar Weevil
Cankerworm

Forest Pathology

Root Diseases
Annosus Root Rot
Leptographium Root Disease (Loblolly Pine Decline)
Littleleaf Disease

Wilt Diseases
Dutch Elm Disease
Elm Yellows
Mimosa Wilt
Persimmon Wilt
Oak Wilt

Conifer Cankers
Pitch Canker

Wood Decay

Leafy Mistletoes

Slime Flux or Wetwood


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