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.