This damage is caused by an insect called the twig girdler. Twig girdlers are common throughout most of Texas. The damage caused by these insects usually either results in complaints or evokes ...

“But it’s just a little insect.” The twig girdler, so named for its apparently ... “There’s really no real damage to a tree unless it’s young, in which case it can destroy the form ...

However, twig girdlers are causing most of this damage to tree limbs. The beetle also attacks persimmon, hickory, oak, poplar, dogwood and other shade trees. The pecan girdler has a very ...

Q: We have a question about how to control an insect that is destroying our otherwise ... Your neighbors might be referring to the mesquite twig girdler, which is also a beetle, but from a ...

A: Yes, the critter is commonly known as the mesquite twig girdler (Oncideres rhodostica ... The nice way to think of this damage is as nature’s way of pruning your tree.

In eastern Nebraska, the most common twig girdler found in trees is ... twig’s cut end looks a lot like beaver damage, in miniature. Another similar insect is the twig pruner, Anelaphus ...

Dear Neil: We have twig girdler beetles in our post oak trees ... and the cycle repeats. They do no major damage, and there is no effective control anyway, since the adult females don't really ...

The scorched banyan tree in the heart of fire-ravaged Lahaina is battling an insect infestation but is ... a third of the dead wood infested by the twig borer, a type of beetle, last week.