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jenbrink Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6a) Sep 16, 2006

Two of these guys on my Goldfingers
Anyone know what they are?
I'm guessing they are seed eaters (?)

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jenbrink Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6a) Sep 16, 2006

Here is some that are close, but I dont think I got it right yet

http://bugguide.net/node/view/56317

http://bugguide.net/node/view/29820

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jenbrink Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6a) Sep 16, 2006

ok, I found him
http://bugguide.net/node/view/12713

I wonder if I should spray my locust trees to kill the larvae?

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Equilibrium Sep 17, 2006

I'd be inclined to leave them be, it's a borer. It's real difficult getting to borers with insecticides because they bore into the tree where they are hard to reach. I've gone several rounds attempting to eradicate borers and they always come back so until they have designer chemicals out there that truly get to borers and knock them back for longer than a few years, I'm not comfortable repeatedly applying chemicals. To what avail?

You might be interested in reading this-
http://www.colostate.edu/depts/CoopExt/4DMG/Pests/locborer.htm

From this site I pulled this-
http://www.treehelp.com/trees/locust/locust-iandd-locust-borer.asp?CA=C1
"Older trees are not damaged and younger trees 6 inches in diameter and over are seldom bothered."

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