Wow - what a scourge pest. I can't believe the damage in those pics.
Looks like a good knock down. That's a new product to me. What's the active ingredient?
I guess I didn't look at the active ingredients, I just went looking for something that said it would kill sawflies and this did. It also listed the acephate as the chemical on the front. The gal I talked to at plant perfect said she has delt with these bugs with her roses and it worked well.Found the active ingredient. Imidacloprid, which is a neonicotinoid. That explains the quick knockdown. Also, a good product with an LD50 (mammals) of >5000 mg/kg for skin exposure so is also a very safe product to use around the house. Even better than tempo if you look at from a purely safety standpoint.
I don't even know where they came from, but both my neighbor and I got them. I walked around the other neighbors trees to see if he has any and he didn't at this time.Crap, I should probably check my ponderosa, dont really want to spray a bunch of trees...
glad to hear u have had good results with it. yes expensive for sure. I took the green bugs to cashmans and they couldn't tell me what it was. They thought it was cankerworm and looking at pics and comparing I decided to seek other opinions. The gal at plant perfect told me to make sure I drench the trees so that's what I did. glad to hear I don't have to do that. Man does that stuff stink though. lolI'm a far smaller customer, but Cashmans Nursery in Bismarck has sold me that same product, and it's wonderful. I only have four trees, but they're too tall to reach with the sprayer/hose. Or at least, I can't reach the tips. Maybe 30 to 40 ft? Anyhow, that same product, being systemic, eventually makes its way through the entire tree. So, you don't have to have direct contact with each and every leaf.I have used a jug per summer, for the past four summers. It's not cheap, but it works well.
that's not enough the worst one of mine. I will take new pics and post them laterWow - what a scourge pest. I can't believe the damage in those pics.
it sucks, im just hoping the trees will come back healthy and not look funny with a bunch of needles missing. I should have been paying attention more, I haven't given the trees the attention this year like normal as the weeds haven't been too bad and the need to water them hasn't happened. This wont happen again that's for sure. Let me know how your battle goes with your trees.Holy hell ktm450. I thought they nipped my trees pretty good but after seeing your pics I feel lucky I may have caught them a little sooner. I feel your pain, losing trees sucks, not cheap
I know very little on what trees they prefer but so far is havent noticed anything on any of my long needles and is a blue spruce right between the two fir trees that is also unaffected. Due to time constraints I couldnt get tempo so had to settle for sevin and malathian sp.? Doused the trees on sunday and have been out of town all week so I hope it worked.do these little fkrs just hit young trees or any size? i have 100+ mix of blacks hill spruce and blue spruce and havent noticed any of these yet but i havent looked real closely at every one. my trees are prolly all 10ft plus though.
i checked for wasp super nests last night all clear guess ill go home and look at my trees for these little fkrs
do these little fkrs just hit young trees or any size? i have 100+ mix of blacks hill spruce and blue spruce and havent noticed any of these yet but i havent looked real closely at every one. my trees are prolly all 10ft plus though.
i checked for wasp super nests last night all clear guess ill go home and look at my trees for these little fkrs