Red Spotted Long Horn Beetle

damage are not hidden by grasses and other
weeds.
In areas where trunk borer is prevalent, the Contact us: N P P C

lower part of the tree trunk up to 2 feet above
the soil level should be sprayed at two weekly
intervals with a solution of the insecticide
National Plant Protection Centre
Department of Agriculture
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Chlorpyrifos at the rate of 4 ml in 1 litre of
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests National Plant Protection Centre
water beginning in April till end of July.
Semtokha, Thimphu
Department of Agriculture
Semtokha: Thimphu
Curative measures P O Box: 670
Tel: +975-02-351016/351665
Check the lower two feet of citrus trees Fax: +975-351656
regularly for tiny wet or swollen spots. Scrape Email: nppcsemkha@gmail.com Citrus Trunk Borer
the bark open with a small knife and kill the Website: www.nppc.gov.bt
(Anoplophora versteegi)
small larvae. Remove weeds around the trunk
to make checking easier. Ento, leaflet 9
Poke holes with a steel wire and plug the holes

with some cotton soaked in petrol. Close the
hole with mud, preferably mixed with cow
dung. Treated trees have to be monitored
regularly and if fresh frass is still produced,
this treatment has to be repeated.
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Entomology Unit
Semtokha, Thimphu
The Pest Organism at the spot of feeding and at the base of the bore in to the trunk , The entrance hole offers
trunk. At later stage, the larva bores in to easy access to the micro organisms that may
The citrus trunk borer is a longhorn beetle the trunk where it continues feeding. After damage the tree,.
.The adult beetle has antennae longer than reaching maturity, it pupates in the trunk.
the body. It is greyish blue in colour, with a Adults appear in spring. Oviposition takes Preventive measures
number of black dots on the elytra. The full place in May-June. The life cycle lasts for one
grown larva is 40-50 mm long and creamy in year or more. Early detection of the sawdust like material
colour. Its body consists of a number of well- revealing the spots where larvae are active is
marked segments that are slightly broader at Pupae of trunk borer important. If detected, the larvae should be
the base of the head. The beetle is present in killed with a knife or by hand. The sawdust
all citrus growing regions of Bhutan. The citrus Damage symptoms should be removed so that new damage can
trunk borer form an important cause for tree be easily detected.
decline, especially in neglected orchards The larva damages the bark of the tree. This
interferes with the sap flow to the upper It is essential that the basins around the trees
Larva of Citrus trunk borer parts, resulting in the death of the branches are clean weeded, so that, signs of early
above the area where the bark is damaged. In
Life cycle some cases complete ring barking takes place,
leading to the death of the tree, Older larvae
Eggs are laid in cracks of the bark.. The small
larva feeds under the bark that is damaged
in the process. Sawdust-like material is visible
N P P C
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Then these holes should be plugged with some Department of Agriculture
cotton soaked in petrol. Close the hole with Semtokha: Thimphu
mud, preferably mixed with cow dung. Treated Contact us:
trees have to be monitored and if fresh frass
Red-spotted Longhorn Beetle
is still produced, this treatment has to be National Plant Protection Centre (Batocera rufomaculata )
repeated. Department of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests Ento, leaflet 10
Note: Chemical spray is recommended always Semtokha, Thimphu
as the last option and Waiting period of at P O Box: 670
least 2 weeks shall be maintained. Tel: +975-02-351016/351665
Fax: +975-351656
Email: nppcsemtokha@gmail.com
Website: www.nppc.gov.bt
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Entomology Unit
Semtokha, Thimphu
The Pest Organism bark and wood. Especially when more larvae In areas where trunk borer is prevalent, the
are feeding on a young tree, the tree can be lower part of the tree trunk up to 2 feet above
The Red-spotted Longhorn Beetle is about “ringbarked” and will die. Infested branches the soil level should be sprayed at two weekly
3-7 cm long with long antennae of about 10 can die off. intervals with a solution of the insecticide
cm long and is dark brown in colour. The elytra Chlorpyrifos at the rate of 8 ml in 1 litre of
have an irregular pattern of reddish spots. The After a few months of feeding on the layer water beginning in April till end of July.
spots turn more yellowish when the beetle between bark and wood, the larvae tunnel
becomes older. Newly hatched larvae are 1 cm into the heart of the wood. Their tunnels Sanitary measure
long, but mature larvae can reach 10 cm. The become larger and large quantities of sawdust-
larva is yellowish white with a dark brown like “frass” come out of the feeding holes. Remove and burn heavily affected unproductive
head Larva of Red-spotted Longhorn Beetle . Prolonged attacks on older trees can eventually trees. The Red-spotted Longhorn Beetle can
kill the tree. also breed in dead and dying trees, so this
Damage symptoms sanitary method is important.
Preventive measures
Adult beetles are mainly active at night. The Curative measures
beetles live for up to eight months and feed by Proper orchard management leads to vigorous
gnawing branches and sometimes growing tips trees that can compensate for trunk borer Check the lower two feet of the apple- or
of walnut trees. damage. walnut trees regularly for tiny wet or swollen
It is essential that the basins around the trees spots. Scrape the bark open with a small
Damage by beetles is especially severe in mid are clean weeded, so that, signs of early knife and kill the small larvae. Remove weeds
summer. In early summer the female cuts damage are not hidden by grasses and other around the trunk to make checking easier.
incisions in the bark with her mandibles. Eggs weeds.
are laid singly into these cuts. After the eggs Holes producing fresh frass should be poked
have been deposited in the tree trunk, some with an iron wire in order to kill the older
fluid comes out of the bark. Newly hatched larvae.
larvae start feeding on the layer between

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