[AT] Termites in your mulch?

[Mark Greer]

Larry,
Got a picture of this critter? I have an acquaintance who is a bug
specialist at OARDC who might be able to ID it and help with a treatment for
it.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
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Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 8:11 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Termites in your mulch?


> Head for:
>
> http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1568_2390_18298---,00.html
>
> These aren't the only borers that do a similar thing to trees, but they
> do attack this species only.
>
> The borer infestation I have apparently is not The Emerald Ash Borer,
> but the tactics are similar and the trees are just as dead.
>
> Do you remember the old children's game of Cootie?  The plastic playing
> pieces have a yellow proboscis that is wound up in a tight coil.  That's
> the way the adult borer that I have looks.  But this borer is much
> larger than the Emerald Ash Borer.  These are big -- about an inch and a
> half long, and when they are "doing their thing" on the wood, the
> proboscis unwinds, becomes a rigid needle about three inches long
> (easily double the body length) and the beast sinks its mouth directly
> into the wood.  This is a slow process.  It takes a couple of minutes
> for the proboscis to uncoil, and it does "not exactly" complete the
> whole operation in a hurry.  It's a little like the bug had some sort of
> Viagra.
>
> I first saw this insect in 1989 or 1990, so it's been working on my
> trees for better than 15 years -- long before the Emerald Ash Borer was
> known about in this country.
>
> Larry
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Rob Gray
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:19 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Termites in your mulch?
>
> I'm fried if that hits here since the Ash is a big part of my forest. I
> have not heard that it has hit here in this part of Pennsylvania yet
> though....
>
> Rob
>
>
> Larry D. Goss wrote:
>
> >THAT'S IT!  Check the bark and you'll see evidence of larva runs all
> >over the back side of it.  The borer effectively girdles the tree and
> it
> >dies in a matter of days.
> >
> >Larry
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Richard Fink
> >Sr
> >Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 8:51 AM
> >To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >Subject: RE: [AT] Termites in your mulch?
> >
> >Greg how do the trees die. I ask because we have some ash on our
> >property
> >and last year in the spring they had leaves then about mid summer died
> >and
> >the leaves fell off. Looked healthy other wise. I have one now that the
>
> >bark looks to be falling off in places.
> >R Fink
> >PA
> >
> >
> >
> >At 06:19 PM 3/8/2006 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >>We've got a ten acre grove that came back predominantly in white ash
> >>
> >>
> >after
> >
> >
> >>it was logged in the mid 70's.  The borers showed up about ten years
> >>
> >>
> >ago.
> >
> >
> >>Have been taking 8-10 cord a year off it ever since.  There might be
> >>
> >>
> >another
> >
> >
> >>two years worth left to cut.  And like Larry's area, we're not
> >>'officially' infested.
> >>
> >>Greg
> >>http://www.geocities.com/heartland/woods/1416
> >>
> >>________________________________
> >>
> >>From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of Rob Gray
> >>Sent: Wed 3/8/2006 5:57 PM
> >>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >>Subject: Re: [AT] Termites in your mulch?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>My woods are mostly White Ash. If I got that borer here, I'd be
> >>overwhelmed with firewood :(
> >>
> >>Rob
> >>NE PA USA Earth
> >>
> >>Larry D. Goss wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I used to be able to go down to my local convenience store or
> >>>
> >>>
> >favorite
> >
> >
> >>>Big Box store and buy a few bags of mulch every year for the flower
> >>>
> >>>
> >beds
> >
> >
> >>>around the house.  But that was before my wife got herself certified
> >>>
> >>>
> >as
> >
> >
> >>>a Master Gardener.  Now, the bagged stuff is not satisfactory --
> >>>
> >>>
> >wrong
> >
> >
> >>>wood, wrong mixture, etc -- so I have to go out and buy the bulk
> >>>
> >>>
> >stuff
> >
> >
> >>>at one of the local nurseries by the truck load.  Last year, I think
> >>>
> >>>
> >I
> >
> >
> >>>filled the pickup six times before the season was over.  Each load is
> >>>
> >>>
> >a
> >
> >
> >>>cubic yard of mulch.
> >>>
> >>>I'm more concerned about the Emerald Ash Borer than I am about the
> >>>Formosan Termites.  Theoretically, we aren't infested yet, but I've
> >>>
> >>>
> >lost
> >
> >
> >>>a couple dozen trees out of the yard --- all but two of them were
> >>>
> >>>
> >ash.
> >
> >
> >>>Larry
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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