A Guide to the Insect Borers, Pruners, and Girdlers of Pecan and Hickory

Solomon, J. D.; Payne, J. A. A guide to the insect borers, pruners, and girdlers of pecan and hickory. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-64. New Orleans, LA: USDA Forest Service. Southern Forest Experiment Station; 1986. 31 p.

The importance, indentification, biology and indirect control of insects attacking shoots, branches, trunks, and roots of trees are presented. Damage due to and control of the yellow-bellied sapsucker is discussed.

Keywords: Carya, impact, identification, pests, control, bird damage, yellow-bellied sapsucker.

Contents

• Summary
• Introduction
• Pecan Carpenterworm
• Dogwood Borer
• American Plum Borer
• Acrobasis Shoot Borers
• Hickory Shoot Curculio
• Hickory Borer
• Broadnecked Root Borer
• Twig Girdle
• Oak Twig Pruner
• Branch Pruner
• Hickory Spiral Borer
• Flatheaded Appletree Borer
• Pin-Hole Borers
• Hickory Bark Beetle
• Apple Twig Borer
• Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
• Literature Cited
• Appendix