I did thanks.
I have these tiny black dots showing on the bark of my ailing Granny Smith in Z7. In my area lichen and moss often colonize bark over time but this one looks off. Does anyone recognize it?
This tree is in bad health. I intended to bring it down but it has some sentimental value to me and my wife so instead Iâve grafted in a replacement trunk with great disease resistance and put another on G890 in the bull pen.
Transplanting blueberries and found this dead guy in container. I have no clue and so much stuff came up on google. Doesnât look like itâs been dead for long. Good or bad?
Evil Weevil(was).
Thanks Brady. So looking up Evil Weevil I get just a few different answers from universities. Mainly either borers or destroyers of Palm Trees. This was from a blueberry plant from Matsuda Nursury. Even though itâs probably too late. Guess I should let them know jic?
I found this on my newly planted and multigrafted Asian Pair tree today. Iâm thinking this bug canât be a good one. Maybe a fruit fly?
I was being funny,with the evil part,but it is a Weevil of some sort.
Every insect wonât get screened out,during the business of growing plants,so one probably doesnât matter too much.Now,if there were a bunch of them,then yes Iâd be concerned.
Yeah EvilWeevil is a thing. First I figured you were jk Brad but it was a name and a serious foe for date farmers? Scary name. Itâs also apparently a popular fly for fly fishing Catchy name for that!
From what I can tell, this is peach tree borer, but I cantâ find any holes.
This is the first Iâve seen of this with this tree, and the season seems off, so I wonder if it stayed below ground last year. Thereâs about 1/4 cup of the grass.
I excavated a few inches around the tree and could not locate any hole that I could poke a coat hanger into. However, part of the trunk beneath ground is definitely missing. I also notice on one side of the tree some additional darker material⌠is that from this year?
I confirmed the 4th picture next to the green coat hanger was a borer larvae. Now to figure out how to treat, and what to do if I canât find a hole.
I am still curious if the red/brown frass indicates more recent activity.
Looks like white fly
Pear trees. I do not know if these are different problems or the same problem. I thought maybe the second one was blossom blast, but then the leaves had holes.
Trees have been sprayed with fall oil, late dormant oil/sulfur, then copper and sulfur again (2.5 weeks after oil). I had a bad mite problem last year. This at least is only affecting a few trees and looks different than that mite damage did.
At the start of bloom I sprayed them with streptomycin but there was a sudden rainstorm about 1.5 hours later- I meant to spray again but it never worked out with my job and the windy weather.
I have many pear trees and only a few have issues right now - it is definitely possible I missed them when spraying or didnât get them coated enough. Or something like that.
Also, these have just passed petal fall if that helps. Thanks for any IDs or advice!
Has anyone else noticed aphids on goumi? One of my bushes is just horribly infested this year. Oddly they donât seem to be doing much damage. Most of the new leaves look like this:
They will concentrate on venation and leaf will eventually distort.
Donât trust them as far as you can throw them.
I was hoping something that eats them would come along, but no signs yet. Guess I could get a box of lacewings or ladybugs but most years Iâve got plenty of ladybugs in the yard and never see much of an aphid problem.
Iâve never seen a dragonfly that rested with the front wings held up (like a damselfly) and the rear wings down (like a normal dragonfly).
That is odd; did the insect fly normally?
I didnât see it fly, so Iâm not sure. I spotted it there and took those photos and kept walking. It seemed alive, at least, though. It shifted a bit as I got close, but didnât take off.
Anyone know what this is? It appeared to be looking for mites or pollen or something on leaf surfaces, not actually eating the leaves. Some kind of beetle larvae maybe?
EDIT: Google seems to think itâs a âsnakeflyâ larvae, and if so then thatâs great news as itâs a predator. Hereâs what WSU has to say about snakeflies generally:
Snakeflies are found only in western North America. Larvae live under the bark of forest, ornamental and fruit trees and can be very helpful predators in fruit orchards. Adults also are predaceous.
Itâs on an avocado tree in my greenhouse: