I noticed a lot of small twigs with leaves on them under my oak tree and became concerned about the oak. It is a large, ...

But twig girdlers also like pecan, hickory and a few other fruit and nuts trees. After laying the eggs, the bug chews all the way around the branch, inward from where the eggs were deposited.

Homeowners are sometimes puzzled by the presence of fallen tree and shrub twigs in their yards. They’re especially puzzled when twig ends show smooth cuts. Many appear to have been ...

The culprit is likely an insect called a twig girdler. Adults are longhorned beetles ranging from 1/2 to 5/8 inches in length. They are grayish brown with antennae typically at ...

The trees easily identified by its leaf scars are hickory (3-lobed), ash (shield-shaped)and dogwood (leaf scar encircles the twig). The Lenticel There are cork-filled pores on most trees that ...

Twig girdlers are members of the longhorned beetle family and are about 3/4 of an inch in length. This puts them in the category of smaller beetles when compared to many of the larger ones.