What caused this in my figtree?
Had leaves 3 weeks ago.
Most leaves have dropped.





God Bless,
David B

Yep tree is a goner.

Ambrosia beetle. Google it. Hard bug to beat. Were fighting it too

We have a few peach trees in our new orchard that has the ambrosia beetle. Some with just a few holes have made it and rebounded. The ones with as many holes as your fig tree has died. I have not seen any sign of any since i started spraying regular.

I hate that.

That fig tree has been there since I was a tiny boy.

Upon reading "Google" I'm not so sure I believe the information, as it reads:

Once the ambrosia beetle is inside the tree, there is no way to kill the insect or the eggs .

I believe since the tree is more than likely dead, uprooting and burning the tree would kill the eggs.


God Bless,
David B.

The bug creates a fungus that it feeds on. It does not eat the tree, but it certainly chews it. You can tell that from the toothpicks hanging on it. I been spraying pesticide every 7 to 14 days, depending on how much it rains. I have not seen one toothpick since i started spraying, and the trees we decided were worth saving are growing well. So, my experience with it tells me a residual pesticide will do some good. The trees that were infested as bad as yours, i pulled up and burnt a mile away from our orchard. One of our crape myrtles here at the house has some damage too. The section with all the toothpicks sticking out of it is almost dead but the rest of the tree is growing well. When i first found them in our orchard, i sprayed the trees with pruner sealer, thinking it might smother them. The next day there were just as many tothpicks as the day before. They had bored their holes back in the trees.

Hate it for you! Borers got our huge fig tree this spring too. Made me sick to have to cut it.