{"id":512,"date":"2019-02-25T13:39:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T18:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/?p=512"},"modified":"2019-02-25T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T18:39:04","slug":"pecan-ambrosia-beetles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/2019\/02\/pecan-ambrosia-beetles\/","title":{"rendered":"Pecan Ambrosia Beetles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ambrosia beetle traps placed in young pecan trees at the north and south end of the Cook County Thursday (2\/21\/19) showed heavy ambrosia beetle attacks already.\u00a0 On the traps are frass filled, bird shot sized holes; some with the &#8220;frass toothpicks&#8221; coming out of the hole as the beetle chews into the\u00a0 log trap. Stressed pecan trees and pecan trees planted within the last 3 years are considered most vulnerable to these insects.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;What should you do once beetle activity is observed?<\/strong> Application of pyrethroids (bifenthrin, cypermethrin and permethrin) is the most effective control tactic. Application should be repeated at frequent intervals (7-10 days) until the trees have completely flushed out (and immediately if it rains). Any trees that show symptoms (toothpicks and holes) should be treated individually with a hand gun as soon as the attack is detected. <strong><u>Quick action is vital to have the best chance of saving the tree. <\/u><\/strong>It may be necessary for pecan growers to remove the plastic protective guards from the young trees in order to check for infestations and perform site-specific treatment. (Angel Acebes-Doria)&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-517 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2019\/02\/AB2019-1-641x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2019\/02\/AB2019-1.png 641w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2019\/02\/AB2019-1-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/files\/2019\/02\/AB2019-1-86x138.png 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below is an image that shows holes made by sap suckers (small woodpecker bird).\u00a0 These holes are not made by ambrosia beetle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cboxPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/pecan\/files\/2019\/01\/Fig-4.jpg\" width=\"559\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cboxPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/pecan\/files\/2019\/01\/Fig-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambrosia beetle traps placed in young pecan trees at the north and south end of the Cook County Thursday (2\/21\/19) showed heavy ambrosia beetle attacks already.\u00a0 On the traps are frass filled, bird shot sized holes; some with the &#8220;frass toothpicks&#8221; coming out of the hole as the beetle chews into the\u00a0 log trap. Stressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":518,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}