Borers have probably lived in native trees and shrubs in our area for as long as the trees and shrubs have grown here, but awareness of them seems to be increasing. The cottonwood borer is one of the ...
A red-bellied woodpecker clings to a tree that has bores. The woodpeckers are bringing light to the tree’s borer problem. Any bark loss from woodpecker pecking is less damaging to the tree than what ...