Insects and mites can wreak havoc on your trees and landscape, causing structural damage and leaving your trees susceptible to disease and decay. If you’re dealing with pests on your property, contact our team at Image Tree Service for tree pest management in Sonoma County, CA. Our tree care experts will get to the root of your pest problem and deliver treatments to eradicate pests from your landscape.
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There are a few tree pests that we regularly deal with that require quick action when spotted in your Sonoma County trees. Let’s take a deep dive into these pests and the infestation warning signs to look out for.
Aphids are small, sap-sucking insects commonly found in ash, crape myrtle, and hackberry trees. These tiny but damaging pests feed in groups, sucking the sap out of leaves, causing leaves to curl, and creating galls (abnormal swelling/distortion) on the branches and roots of the tree they are feeding from.
Keep an eye out for tightly curled or rolled leaves at the ends of branches, a sticky mess on the ground in the area around your trees, or sooty mold (black dust) on the leaves of your trees.
Bronze birch borers are oblong, dark, shiny beetles that feed on birch trees. These destructive little beetles tend to infest aging, damaged trees, furthering decay with their feedings.
Keep an eye out for yellowed, sparse foliage around the upper crown of your birch trees, as well as small D-shaped holes in the branches and trunk. These holes are the tell-tale exit holes of the bronze birch borer.
Eucalyptus longhorn borers are inch-long insects with very long antennae that destroy eucalyptus trees. These pests target stressed, drought-damaged trees, laying their larvae in the inner bark, infesting the wood, and reducing nutrient flow in eucalyptus trees.
Keep an eye out for large holes in the bark of your eucalyptus trees, or stains and/or oozing liquid on limbs or trunks. Rapidly dying or decaying branches are also a sign of an eucalyptus longhorned borer infestation.
Red turpentine beetles are small, dark reddish-brown colored pests that attack and destroy species of pine trees, including our native Monterey pines. These beetles typically target stressed, drought-damaged pine trees.
Keep an eye out for yellowed, sparse foliage around the upper crown of your pine trees, or reddish-brown, sawdust-like boring dust at the base of your trees. Pinkish or reddish sap tubes running down the trunk of your pine tree are also a major warning sign of a red turpentine beetle infestation.
There are a few ways to treat your trees in order to prevent pest infestations from harming your property. Our team offers a wide range of treatment options for tree pest management in Sonoma County, but the most commonly used are trunk and soil injections and special insecticide bark spray.
Trunk injections are a treatment option where strong pesticides are injected directly into a tree’s internal tissues. This option is typically utilized to protect against aphids, borers, and beetles, and can be used alongside soil injections.
Soil injections are a treatment technique in which insecticides are applied to the soil around a tree’s roots to create a barrier at the tree’s foundation. Soil injections are used mainly to protect your trees from aphids, beetles, and termites.
Bark spray is a non-invasive treatment option in which a special insecticide is applied directly to the trunk, penetrating the lower bark to protect the tree. Bark sprays can protect your trees against aphids, borers, beetles, and more.
If you’re looking for professional tree pest management in Sonoma County, CA, reach out to our experienced and skilled team at Image Tree Service right away! We’re here to protect your trees, your landscape, and your home from pesky pests.
The most common types of tree pests we see, and eradicate, in Sonoma County include: aphids (typically woolly or green aphids), bronze birch borers, eucalyptus longhorned borers, and red turpentine beetles.
While there are a handful of “do-it-yourself” methods out there, it is always safest to turn to a trusted tree care company when it comes to tree pest infestations. Only trained tree professionals will have the equipment, treatments, and skills needed to safely and correctly protect your trees from common pests.
A professional administering trunk or soil injection is a highly effective and safe way to treat and protect your trees from pests. Trunk and soil injections provide long-lasting protection for your trees.
