schaplin
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Hi all,http://www.amerinursery.com/print-9444.aspx
Ruuting
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Very interesting and informative.
waynea
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Very interesting information and serious enough for all of us to take notice. Thanks for posting and please keep us updated.
schaplin
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There are a number of sites which give instructions for building traps but I would not put my traps anywhere near my trees. The trap is really to see when the beetles are becoming active.
ChrisK
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Very useful info! Thanks Sharon!!!
needaclone
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For what it's worth, I also read the info about putting traps out for monitoring purposes. But in my case last spring, it was not a question of worrying about luring them in from somewhere else. I was at ground zero!! The were everywhere -- in my firewood piles and in the oak trees around my yard (and neighborhood) (and town) (and state!). I had all my trees in containers grouped in one area. I put out traps to try to lure them away from my trees, and I put out traps as a defensive measure right around the trees. They really worked. I caught ambrosia beetles by the 10s of thousands!
Longue D'Aout, Italian 258, Pennsylvania 6-5000
snaglpus
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What I've learned is to NOT use any bamboo what so ever. And yes the alcohol draws them. When you prune your trees, seal the cut. I seal my trees with wood glue and sometimes prune sealer. They got into a few of my trees last year. I chopped the trees down to ground level and this year those hit came back in full force.
needaclone
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Dennis,
Longue D'Aout, Italian 258, Pennsylvania 6-5000
jc_figs
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what does the beetle look like got me worried
Rewton
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After reading about this pest over the past 2 years I have, for the first time, started to see damage to my own fig trees in the past few days. Ambrosia beetles are definitely active in Maryland. All the attacks have been on in-ground trees, all of which had at least a little bit of cold damage. We have been getting lots and lots of rain and that, combined with stress from winter damage, may have made the trees targets for the beetles. I am in the process of moving and the new owners will inherit the affected trees. So far, the trees I have moved to the new place (mostly container trees and some transplanted in-ground trees) have not shown any issues. I will definitely set up traps and monitor the situation closely. I suggest everyone keep a close watch on their trees. Figs are not the trouble-free fruits they once were it seems.
