Ambrosia Beetles

[Johnny Reb]

These bastards killed my Dunstan Chestnut trees. A few years ago I planted 15 - 4 year old trees. Against my better judgement, I bought into the hype and made an investment in these non-native trees. I was looking forward to them finally producing a decent amount of nuts this year for the deer. These damn beetles killed all of them in just a few days. If you ever see anything like this on your trees they are screwed.







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[uga_dawg]

That sucks. I planted some chestnuts last year. They are growing good so far.

I went with the Chinese variety as well due to blight. Not really familiar with the ambrosia beetle, but they can attack any small tree, can't they?

[JABIII]

This is some bullshit. If the universe is against chestnuts for some reason, count me out on "re-establishing" those mofos. I already have 2000 acres of dead hemlocks to deal with on top of 90 year old sprouting blight killed chestnuts. Thanks Obama...