| 5471169 |
cone worms |
Dioryctria spp. |
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| 0717031 |
pales weevil |
Hylobius pales |
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| 0717032 |
pales weevil |
Hylobius pales |
Lone branch killed. This type of damage is called flagging. |
| 0717033 |
pales weevil |
Hylobius pales |
flagging |
| 0717027 |
Nantucket pine tip moth |
Rhyacionia frustrana |
Stunted branch with much damage. |
| 0717028 |
Nantucket pine tip moth |
Rhyacionia frustrana |
Area of Christmas Tree plantation with heavy damage. |
| 0717029 |
pales weevil |
Hylobius pales |
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| 0717030 |
pales weevil |
Hylobius pales |
Close up of damage. |
| 0717010 |
eastern spruce gall adelgid |
Adelges abietis |
A common pest on both Christmas trees and yard plantings. Note the short needles on the gall. |
| 0717024 |
Nantucket pine tip moth |
Rhyacionia frustrana |
Close up of twig damage |
| 0717025 |
Nantucket pine tip moth |
Rhyacionia frustrana |
Bud damage. Note hole down the center of the bud. |
| 0717026 |
Nantucket pine tip moth |
Rhyacionia frustrana |
Note resinous bleeding at base of bud. |
| 0717023 |
Nantucket pine tip moth |
Rhyacionia frustrana |
Note the rounded, stunted growth. |
| 0717008 |
cooley spruce gall adelgid |
Adelges cooleyi |
Heavily galled trees become disfigured and have reduced value as Christmas trees. |
| 0717003 |
pine bark adelgid |
Pineus strobi |
Excess bud formation leading to proliferation of shoots at the top of the tree. Note also the lady beetle feeding on the adelgids. |
| 0717007 |
cooley spruce gall adelgid |
Adelges cooleyi |
This is as the gall would appear in early summer or late fall. It would appear green earlier in the summer. |
| 0717012 |
bagworm |
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis |
Note the defoliation on top of this fir tree. |
| 1399051 |
pine root collar weevil |
Hylobius radicis |
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| 0284045 |
bark beetles |
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showing Virginia pine christmas trees turning red due to damage |
| 0717038 |
white pine weevil |
Pissodes strobi |
This insect feeds on the tops of White Pines and Norway Spruce. Feeding by larvae causes the leader and the top whorl to die. |
| 0795064 |
tip moth |
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| 0717037 |
spittlebugs or froghoppers |
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Discolored shoots associated with Spittle Bug feeding. |