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On 19/06/2012 18:45, Emery Davis wrote:
On 06/19/2012 06:41 PM, David in Normandy wrote:
On 19/06/2012 18:24, Emery Davis wrote:
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The French government thinks it is not Anoplophora chinensis. Which is
good because I don't want my garden chipped and burned. The guy
from the ministry suggested perhaps Cossus cossus,

So, what beastie has done the deed?

I've been inspected for the last 3 years for Anoplophora, so this had me
very worried indeed. I'm still not totally sanguine about it, honestly.

-E


It isn't something as simple as woodpecker damage or some other bird
pecking holes looking for grubs? Can't tell the scale of the image as to
what diameter the trunk is.


The holes are about 1.5 cm in diameter, and are connected by tunnels
through the heart of the tree, which is a young apple. I'd hate to meet
the woodpecker that could make them!

The heart tunnels could be insects and the larger holes made by
woodpeckers trying to get to the insects. I've seen huge splintered holes
made through wooden birdboxes, by woodpeckers determined to get to the
inhabitants.

Janet