Make a clean cut just past the branch bark collar. It can infest beech, birch, holly, honeylocust, elm, linden, maple, oak, plant tree, sweetgum, tulip tree and willow. The females are now initiating new galleries. Look for a spiral of wood and frass that is pushed out of 1 mm wide entry holes. Females bore in 2-3 mm and carry fungal spores.
Trees often contract fusarium.
We continue to receive scale hatching reports. Pine needle scale can be added to the list. Now is the time to treat crawlers. Southern red mite populations are declining. Southern red mite is a cool weather pest.