White-barked section of European white birch

#9 - White-barked section of European white birch with borer-killed subordinate lateral branch

Exhibits:

  • Black branch bark ridge
  • White lenticels
  • Bulbous swellings on stem typical of a flathead borer larval infestation
  • Larval frass-packed galleries in borer-killed lateral branch
  • Elliptical adult flathead borer exit holes on stem

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