Friday, April 24, 2009

Landscape - White Pine Weevil Pictures

The following are pictures of the white pine weevil and its damage.

Terminal demonstrating characteristic "shepherd's crook" on pine from white pine weevil. Photo by USDA Forest Service Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.

Close-up of two white pine weevil adults. Photo by Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.

White pine weevil larvae. Photo by Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Newly emerged adult white pine weevil and exit holes on a pine terminal. Photo by Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.

Drooping leaders which eventually die on white pine or Norway spruce are the familiar symptoms of white pine weevil attack. Photo by John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org.

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