Insect Hotline Issue 12

Below are some clearwing borers (Sesiidae) in our area:

Dogwood borer damage. Photo by: ohn A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org.


Dogwood borer adults, female (top) and male (bottom). Photos by: James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.

Peachtree borer damage at soil line. Photo by: Eugene E. Nelson, , Bugwood.org.

Peachtree borer larvae feeding damage. Photo by: Eugene E. Nelson, , Bugwood.org.

Peachtree borer larva. Photo by: Clemson University – USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, , Bugwood.org.


Peach tree borer adults, female (top) and male (bottom). Photos by: Clemson University – USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series (top), & Wendell Snow, USDA Agricultural Research Service (bottom), Bugwood.org.
Below are some flatheaded borers (Buprestidae) in our area:

Twolined chestnut borer adult. Photo by: Robert A. Haack, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.

Twolined chestnut borer larva. Photo by: Robert A. Haack, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.

Bronze birch borer damage. Photo by: Photo by USDA Forest Service – Northeastern Area Archive, Bugwood.org.

Sawdust frass-packed tunnels/galleries of bronze birch borer. Photo by: William M. Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, Bugwood.org.

Bronze birch borer adult. Photo by: Photo by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources – Forestry Archive, Bugwood.org.

Below are some of the roundheaded borers (Cerambycidae) in our area

Locust borer adult. Photo by: David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org.

Locust borer galleries. Photo by: James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.

Roundheaded apple tree borer adult. Photo by: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources – Forestry Archive, Bugwood.org.


Roundheaded borer larva (image is of Southern pine sawyer). Photo by: Clemson University – USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org.


Redheaded ash borer adult and emergence hole. Photo by: Howard Ensign Evans, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org.

Redheaded ash borer galleries. Photo by: Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org.

Insect Hotline Issue 20

Leopard Moth Larvae and Damage
Photo by Petr Kapitola, State Phytosanitary Administration, Bugwood.org

Leopard Moth Larvae and Damage
Photo by Jean-Paul Grandjean, Office National des Forêts, Bugwood.org

Leopard Moth Adult

Photo by James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Leopard Moth
Photo by Louis-Michel Nageleisen, Département de la Santé des Forêts, Bugwood.org