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Tree Insects in Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas

Boring, sucking, and defoliating insect pests common to Dallas–Fort Worth landscapes.

Insect pests that damage trees in Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas

15 conditions in this category

Aphids

Aphids are soft-bodied, piercing-sucking insects that feed by inserting specialized mouthparts into plant tiss…

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Bagworms

Bagworms are caterpillars belonging to the moth family Psychidae.…

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Borer Beetles

Several species of beetles are capable of damaging trees throughout North Texas.…

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Lace Bugs

Lace bugs are small insects belonging to the family Tingidae.…

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Oak Galls

Oak galls are abnormal plant growths that develop in response to feeding or egg-laying activity by gall-formin…

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Pine Bark Beetles

Pine Bark Beetles are small insects that live and reproduce beneath the bark of pine trees.…

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Twig Girdler

Twig Girdlers are longhorn beetles belonging primarily to the genus Oncideres.…

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Emerald Ash Borer

Emerald Ash Borer is a metallic green wood-boring beetle native to Asia.…

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Scale Insects

Scale insects are small, sap-feeding pests that attach themselves to stems, branches, leaves, and trunks where…

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Spider Mites

Spider mites are tiny arachnids rather than insects.…

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Southern Pine Beetle

Southern Pine Beetles (Dendroctonus frontalis) are small bark beetles that attack pine trees by tunneling bene…

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Wood Borers

Borers are wood-destroying insects that spend a portion of their life cycle feeding within trunks, branches, s…

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Whiteflies

Whiteflies are small winged insects belonging to the family Aleyrodidae.…

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Gall Wasps

Gall wasps are tiny insects belonging to the family Cynipidae.…

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Secondary Pest Infestation

A Secondary Pest Infestation occurs when opportunistic insects attack trees that are already weakened by other…

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