Very small holes in evergreen trees that are beginning to look thin and sick may indicate a type of bark borer. Slightly larger holes in ... This is rather intuitive – more holes, more insects, more ...

Are these holes in my trees from pine beetles ... This damage doesn’t look like bark beetle damage. Bark beetles are very small and leave randomly spaced holes about the size of large pinheads.

The holes are typically fairly evenly spaced in rows with a hundred small holes ... harm to damage the tree, but over time, if the sapsucker holes fully encircle the tree bark, it is going ...

They tend to create straight lines of holes that leave this diagnostic pattern behind, even long after the birds have ceased their activity. This activity is usually not fatal to the tree, but does ...

DEAR NEIL: We have a red oak in our backyard. Bark started peeling in the fall, but it has become prevalent this spring. There are also tiny holes in the trunk like a woodpecker might cause, but ...

Make sure newly planted trees have plenty of space to grow. A good rule of thumb is to plant small trees (those maturing ... trees in winter to prevent bark damage from the freeze-thaw cycle.

However, even with small hail ... beneath the bark) can be very thin. The larger the hail, the larger the damaged spot. Enough hail, or enough size to the hail, and trees can even be killed ...

Other signs of squirrel or chipmunk damage include missing or damaged flower bulbs, or garden produce that’s marred with small bites. Some ground wasps dig lawn holes themselves, but many wasp ...

The damaged roots ... the older cypress trees had. It’s best to avoid cypress mulch and opt for another organic mulch, like pine bark mulch. It comes in small and large chunks.

A damaging beetle species continues to be found in Pierce County, raising concerns for pine trees at Chambers Creek Regional Park.