Host Plant: All native and introduced Birch (Betula) species in Canada. Damage: Adult bronze Birch borers feed on leaves in the upper canopy causing little noticeable damage. The larvae create feeding galleries under the bark with in the phloem and xylem of the...
Host Plants: Box Elder Trees, Manitoba Maple, Silver Maple, Ash Trees and sunny sides of buildings in late summer and fall. Damage: They do not bite or sting. They do not damage structures and generally a minor plant feeder and rarely cause significant tree damage....
History: Boxwoods are planted as ornamentals and typically used for edging, as hedges, and/or clipped into different shapes to make topiaries. However when infested, the plants are disfigured by the loss of leaves, by webbing spun by the larvae, as well as larval...
