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Elm foliage beetles eat the leaves ofelm trees , and have become a serious terror to the tree . When the louse feed , the leafage of the tree dry out up and expire . First , the leaf become browned , and as the insects continue to overrun the tree diagram , it becomes weak and prostrate to damage . Elm leaf beetles generally prey upon Siberian elm , but any elm metal money can get damage during beetle outbreak .
European Elm Bark Beetle
The European elm barque beetle transmits the fungus that causes Dutch Elm Disease .
In the United States , the smaller European bark mallet and the native elm bark mallet are the most vulgar wrongdoer . The adult insect build galleries under the barque of deadened or kick the bucket trees and lie eggs alongside them . Galleries are tunnels winding in an S shape , packed with worm excrement . The larvae feed from the walls of the galleries , which produce awkward spores . After crawling from under the bark , the adults wing to healthy elm where they feed on the bark and wood of branches , thus transmitting the fungus .
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Asian ambrosia beetle
The reddish - dark-brown grownup distaff Asiatic ambrosia mallet tunnels into twigs , branches or small tree trunks to attack healthy trees . This tiny louse build a system of tunnel in the Grant Wood , in which she lays her testicle and produces a fungus so the larvae can bung . limp leaf , woods dust from small holes and beat expanse of bark are symptoms of mallet damage . Eventually pestilence , which are dying areas of barque , girdle the tree diagram , causing its death .
Carpenterworms
Carpenterworms are the large larvae that tunnel into elm trees , feeding on the bark through to the nub of the tree trunk . Piles of sawdust and excrement in cracks are signs that a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree has been hornswoggle . Before finishing their development , carpenterworms will enter and kick the bucket the trunk of a tree several time .
Asian Longhorned Beetle
The Asian longhorned beetle is a young threat to the elm . aboriginal to Asia , surmise suggests that this pest come to America in cargo shipping materials from China . Elm trees in Chicago and New York have suffered from plague . So far , speedy reaction from authority has prevented further damage ; the beetle , however , is a potentially serious threat to the elm .
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