TreeMonkee58
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can anyone I’d this grub. It looks like ALB but much larger. The bore is 3/4 to 1 inch and it was almost 4 inches long. I found it while splitting pecan I had removed in SE NC on the coast.
Asian Long-horned beetle I’d?
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can anyone I’d this grub. It looks like ALB but much larger. The bore is 3/4 to 1 inch and it was almost 4 inches long. I found it while splitting pecan I had removed in SE NC on the coast.
There are many, many other longhorned beetles that live in dead/dying wood. Even PhD entomologists can't always ID ALB from the larvae alone - they need to rear it to adulthood.
Are there other holes in the wood? One thing a little unique is that ALB makes a straight line from the center of the tree out when it emerges. When I worked at the State and would get ALB calls, I'd tell them to stick a pencil in the hole. If the hole is too small for a pencil, not ALB. If the pencil doesn't go in very far, not ALB.
Start with a local Extension office or the state department of agriculture. If it is ALB, they certainly want to know...
Always good to double check when you are suspicious!
Are there other holes in the wood? One thing a little unique is that ALB makes a straight line from the center of the tree out when it emerges. When I worked at the State and would get ALB calls, I'd tell them to stick a pencil in the hole. If the hole is too small for a pencil, not ALB. If the pencil doesn't go in very far, not ALB.
Start with a local Extension office or the state department of agriculture. If it is ALB, they certainly want to know...
Always good to double check when you are suspicious!
TreeMonkee58
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I sent them a picture and location. I destroyed this one but will keep and rear any other that I find when I split the rest of the wood.
