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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.com20 year old Nellie Stevens holly tree has square holes eaten into bark around circumference of trunk has several identical rows – ten feet off ground and 15 feet off ground with sap leaking from these areas.
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[1] http://www.ento.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/redheadedashborer.htm: http://www.ento.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/redheadedashborer.htm
[2] http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7417.html: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7417.html
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1 Comment To "nellie stevens holly"
#1 Comment By Nikki On 12/08/2014 @ 2:17 pm
I suspect that you are looking at either carpenter bee damage or borer damage. A common borer that attacks holly is the Redheaded Ash Borer. These articles will help you determine which it might be: http://www.ento.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/redheadedashborer.htm [1]
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7417.html [2]