Q: Something is eating small round holes in my first crop of Earlitreat peaches. I was really looking forward to eating those peaches. What could it be? Also, is now the time to put out peach twig ...

Every summer, an unusual type of insect makes an appearance in many landscapes. Actually, similar damage is caused by a small group of insects, called twig girdlers and twig pruners. Fortunately, ...

Every summer an unusual type of insect makes an appearance in many landscapes. Actually, there is a small group of insects, called twig girdlers or twig pruners, that cause similar damage in a variety ...

Across Arkansas, a state in which both forested and urban areas have more than their fair share of hickory, pecan and persimmon trees, by any measure, some homeowners have become alarmed at ...

Twig girdlers are gray-brown wood boring beetles with a pair of antennae that are about as long as their three-quarter-inch long bodies. They are active from mid-August into October when the female ...

I have been finding the tips of branches underneath my trees that look like they have been chewed off. What is causing this? DK The culprit is likely an insect called a twig girdler. Adults are ...

Twig girdlers are an insect pest responsible for the huge amount of twigs and branches that have been shedding out of mature elm, pecan and birch trees across the area. Jeff Bedwell, Garfield County ...

I have been getting numerous questions about all the ends of the branches of trees lying all around yards and county roads. The limbs look like they have been cut off with a sharp pocket knife. This ...

Have you recently noticed small limbs on the ground from your pecans, hickories, persimmons, elms or other trees? Do the look like they’ve been cut off and stuck in a pencil sharpener? If so, these ...

Alias: Peach twig borer. This is a pest well known to producers of peaches, apricots, plums and prunes. Adults are a mousey brown color and can be found seeking a mate in late spring. Larvae are the ...