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Tree Insects in Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas

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

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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