Insects and Diseases of Evergreens in New Mexico |
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Adult beetles Adult moths emerge Air pollution alternate host attack trees BARK MOTHS blue spruce boring dust buds cause injury conifer aphids Cooley spruce gall Cooperative Extension Service Cottony webbing damage Dead needles defoliation Dendroctonus bark beetles Douglas-fir tussock moth Dwarf mistletoes egg galleries Eggs are laid Engelmann spruce evergreen evergreen trees female fir broom rust foliage fungi growth honeydew host trees inch long infested trees insecticide insects and diseases larvae limbs mature Mexico Department mistletoe plants vary non-infectious diseases numbers nutrients nymphs overwinter pests PINE NEEDLE SCALE PINYON NEEDLE SCALE pinyon pines pitch masses PITCH MOTHS PITCH NODULE MOTH ponderosa pine premature leaf drop pruned pupae Recommended chemical control reddish brown signs of beetle small trees soil species spruce broom rust spruce gall aphid TIGER MOTH tip moth tree mortality true mistletoes trunk tunneling twigs U.S. Forest Service UB UB UB WH WH WH white fir wingless yellow young ponderosa