On 06/19/2012 08:25 PM, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:24:35 +0200, Emery Davis
wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/cklvbye

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
I don't understand. Did you make the big holes or was it something
like a woodpecker, and if the latter, or perhaps the former, what was
it, or were you, looking for? The grubs of either of those insects,
perhaps?


I haven't touched the tree. There are small entrance holes on the back
side, then tunnels connected to the holes seen in the picture which are
exit holes. Definitely not a woodpecker. The ejecta of the grub in the
tree could be seen pushing out of the entrance holes, it looked like wet
sawdust.

I have contact with the forestry ministry because of the paper trail
between the garden and Boskoop, where the Anoplophora was found in
nurseries I deal with.

I am interested in what sort of insect made these exit holes, and the
tunnels. Since whatever it is has flown off, positive ID is impossible.