Most Damaging Forest Insects
Find the insect on your tree. Insects that attack and debilitate and kill forests.
How to Manage and ID Bagworm
How to Manage and ID Bagworm
How to Manage and ID Bagworm
About Forest Insect ID Site
Forest insect identification and management site from your About Forestry Guide.
Forest insect identification and management site from your About Forestry Guide.
Top Five Conifer Killing Insects
Five insects that kill or damage coniferous trees in great numbers.
Five insects that kill or damage coniferous trees in great numbers.
Leaf and Twig Gall - Prevention and Control
I have compiled the most common hardwood tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control hardwood insect, which some mistake as a disease, including oak leaf gall. Here is how.
I have compiled the most common hardwood tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control hardwood insect, which some mistake as a disease, including oak leaf gall. Here is how.
Fall Webworm - Prevention and Control
I have compiled the most common tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control insects including fall webworm. Here is how.
I have compiled the most common tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control insects including fall webworm. Here is how.
Tent Caterpillar - Prevention and Control
I have compiled the most common tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control insects including forest tent caterpillar. Here is how.
I have compiled the most common tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control insects including forest tent caterpillar. Here is how.
The Southern Pine Beetle - Prevention and Control
I have compiled the most common tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control insects including pine bark beetle. Here is how.
I have compiled the most common tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control insects including pine bark beetle. Here is how.
The Mountain Pine Beetle - Prevention and Control
I have compiled the most common tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control insects including pine bark beetle. Here is how.
I have compiled the most common tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control insects including pine bark beetle. Here is how.
The Asian Longhorned Beetle - Prevention and Control
I have compiled the most common tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control insects including Asian longhorned beetle. Here is how.
I have compiled the most common tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control insects including Asian longhorned beetle. Here is how.
The Wooly Adelgids - Prevention and Control
I have compiled the most common tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control insects including balsam wooly aphid. Here is how.
I have compiled the most common tree insects you might find in yard and forest. You can do a lot to prevent and control insects including balsam wooly aphid. Here is how.
Hemlock Wooly Adelgid - Identification and Control
The eastern and Carolina hemlock is now under attack and in the early stages of being decimated by the hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA) or Adelges tsugae. Adelgids are small, soft bodied aphids that feed exclusively on coniferous plants
The eastern and Carolina hemlock is now under attack and in the early stages of being decimated by the hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA) or Adelges tsugae. Adelgids are small, soft bodied aphids that feed exclusively on coniferous plants
About Forest Insect ID Site
Forest insect identification and management site from your About Forestry Guide...
Forest insect identification and management site from your About Forestry Guide...
White-spotted Sawyer
White-spotted Sawyer - Attacks white and jack pines. USDA Forest Service data.
White-spotted Sawyer - Attacks white and jack pines. USDA Forest Service data.
White Pine Weevil
White Pine Weevil - Attacks white and jack pines. USDA Forest Service data.
White Pine Weevil - Attacks white and jack pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Western Spruce Budworm
Western Spruce Budworm - Attacks spruce and fir. USDA Forest Service data.
Western Spruce Budworm - Attacks spruce and fir. USDA Forest Service data.
Walnut Caterpillar
Walnut Caterpillar - Attacks black walnut. USDA Forest Service data.
Walnut Caterpillar - Attacks black walnut. USDA Forest Service data.
Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar
Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar - Attacks oaks. USDA Forest Service data.
Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar - Attacks oaks. USDA Forest Service data.
Twolined Chestnut Borer
Twolined Chestnut Borer - Attacks oaks. USDA Forest Service data.
Twolined Chestnut Borer - Attacks oaks. USDA Forest Service data.
Spruce Budworm
Spruce Budworm - Attacks spruce and fir. USDA Forest Service data.
Spruce Budworm - Attacks spruce and fir. USDA Forest Service data.
Southwestern Pine Tip Moth
Southwestern Pine Tip Moth - Attacks western pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Southwestern Pine Tip Moth - Attacks western pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Southern Pine Beetle
Southern Pine Beetle - Attacks southern pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Southern Pine Beetle - Attacks southern pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Saratoga Spittlebug
Saratoga Spittlebug - Attacks northeastern pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Saratoga Spittlebug - Attacks northeastern pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Redheaded Pine Sawfly
Redheaded Pine Sawfly - Attacks hard pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Redheaded Pine Sawfly - Attacks hard pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Red Oak Borer
Red Oak Borer - Attacks Oaks. USDA Forest Service data.
Red Oak Borer - Attacks Oaks. USDA Forest Service data.
Pine Tortoise Scale
Pine Tortoise Scale - Attacks scotch and jack pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Pine Tortoise Scale - Attacks scotch and jack pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Pales Weevil
Pales Weevil - Attacks most conifers. USDA Forest Service data.
Pales Weevil - Attacks most conifers. USDA Forest Service data.
Nantucket Pine Tip Moth
Nantucket Pine Tip Moth - Attacks eastern pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Nantucket Pine Tip Moth - Attacks eastern pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Mountain Pine Beetle
Mountain Pine Beetle - Attacks western pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Mountain Pine Beetle - Attacks western pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Killing German Ants Verboten - Forestry
The Scotsman suggests that killing ants is punishable by law in Germany. According to the UK report, German foresters value ants for eating insects which attack trees
The Scotsman suggests that killing ants is punishable by law in Germany. According to the UK report, German foresters value ants for eating insects which attack trees
Locust Borer
Locust Borer - Attacks black locust. USDA Forest Service data.
Locust Borer - Attacks black locust. USDA Forest Service data.
Larch Casebearer
Larch Casebearer - Attacks tamarack, Western Larch. USDA Forest Service data.
Larch Casebearer - Attacks tamarack, Western Larch. USDA Forest Service data.
Ips Bark Beetles
Ips Bark Beetles - Attacks southern pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Ips Bark Beetles - Attacks southern pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Gypsy Moth
Gypsy Moth - Attacks northeast hardwoods. USDA Forest Service data.
Gypsy Moth - Attacks northeast hardwoods. USDA Forest Service data.
Forest Tent Caterpillar
Forest Tent Caterpillar - Attacks hardwoods. USDA Forest Service data.
Forest Tent Caterpillar - Attacks hardwoods. USDA Forest Service data.
Fall Webworm
Fall Webworm - Attacks hardwoods. USDA Forest Service data.
Fall Webworm - Attacks hardwoods. USDA Forest Service data.
European Pine Shoot Moth
European Pine Shoot Moth - Attacks pines. USDA Forest Service data.
European Pine Shoot Moth - Attacks pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Eastern Pineshoot Borer - Forestry
Eastern Pineshoot Borer - Attacks pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Eastern Pineshoot Borer - Attacks pines. USDA Forest Service data.
Douglas-fir Tussock Moth - Forestry
Douglas-fir Tussock Moth - Attacks true firs and doug-fir. USDA Forest Service data.
Douglas-fir Tussock Moth - Attacks true firs and doug-fir. USDA Forest Service data.
Bronze Birch Borer - Forestry
Bronze Birch Borer - Attacks birch. USDA Forest Service data.
Bronze Birch Borer - Attacks birch. USDA Forest Service data.
Balsam Wooly Adelgid
Balsam Wooly Adelgid - Attacks northern region conifers. Data from UGA's Bugwood.org
Balsam Wooly Adelgid - Attacks northern region conifers. Data from UGA's Bugwood.org
Asian Longhorned Beetle
Asian Longhorned Beetle - Attacks mostly maples. USDA Forest Service data.
Asian Longhorned Beetle - Attacks mostly maples. USDA Forest Service data.