Insect and Disease Identification Thread

[KS_razerback]

Cut it open and see if there is a bug?

[busch83]

I should have. But i was already pruning so i didn’t want to get distracted.

[Eme]

Sweet cherry tree I planted last November has all these holes of varying shapes around the trunk. Doesn’t look quite like pictures of borers or sun scald but it’s something- any thoughts??
It went in the ground when it was cool/cold and I noticed them 3 months later in dead of winter still, though I didn’t know to really look when I got it.

[Plants]

Edit after doing more digging. In case anyone sees this insect and wants to know. This appears to be a Snakefly. The way it moved and looked at me gave the impression that this is a predator so I left it be. Looks like a beneficial beast and their larva hunt and kill borers.

Snakefly

Good or bad? Saw it watching me pretty cautiously on top the plum tree just now.I tried google id it was giving me earwigs.

[LarryGene]

Yes, snakefly.

Order Rhaphidioptera - Snakeflies

^ scroll down to “Food”.

[Plants]

Thanks LarryGene. They’ve been around since Jurassic period. Some call the living fossils(or relics). I hope to see more of them and or their larva. The larva looks like a lady beetle or green lacewing larva that leveled up.

[busch83]

I’m pretty sure my redlove era gave up the ghost this year. Im trying to figure out who the culprit was. Does this look like a rust?, Or is this likely a post mortem infection?

[Eugeneb]

Is there any way to identify what is going on with my Prunus Mume? Two separate trees were affected by the exact same symptom - suddenly a few spots on a new branch started spreading out and the potion of the branch ended up dying. Otherwise the tree looks healthy and vigorous.