Common Forest Insects

The basically common insect that attacks forest timber basically fall under main three order:

Based on feeding/damage made by insects they are like

a. Phloem and Shoot boring

b. Wood-boring

c. Root Rot: Damage root part.

d. Defoliating: Defoliators insects attack tree leaves.

e. Seed and Cone damaging

Order of Insects (Source: britannica.com)

Some common insect damaging forest timber is mention below:

1. Pine peach Mass Borer

2. Sugar maple borer

3. Two-lined Borer

4. Locust Borer

5. Carpenter Worm

6. Poplar Borer

7. Flat Headed Apple Borer

8. White-spotted sawyer

9. Powder Pest Beetle

10. Termites

11. Spruce Budworm

12. Gypsy Moth

13. Pandora Moth

14. Elm leaf Beetle

15. Poplar leaf beetle

16. While Grubs

17. Root weevil

18. European pine shoot moth

19. Nantucket

20. White pine weevil

21. Pales Tip Weevil

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