[MAIPC] Ailanthus Herbivory

Nathan Hartshorne nshartshorne at gmail.com
Mon Jul 5 14:27:54 PDT 2021


Well that I certainly would have recognized immediately due to the giant
spikes everywhere!

On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 1:59 PM Tim Maywalt <temaywalt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Devil's walking stick (*Aralia spinosa).*
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 4:31 PM Nathan Hartshorne <nshartshorne at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> What looks like tree of heaven, has similar bark, and is tree-sized?  I
>> will do some comparative looking.  I only know the various sumacs and black
>> walnut.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 10:40 AM Richard Gardner <rtgardner3 at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> That is not Ailanthus because the compound leaf is not odd pinnate, the
>>> notches are wrong and it is too rough.
>>>
>>> On Monday, July 5, 2021, 01:06:57 PM EDT, Nathan Hartshorne <
>>> nshartshorne at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> The most likely one seemed to be the mite, except it's also called "leaf
>>> curl mite" not "patterned hole mite" so I'm still at a loss as to what
>>> could do such a distinctive look on all the leaves. Obviously it's not
>>> deer, and the moths seemed wrong too based on what little imagery I could
>>> find and general knowledge of feeding behavior (which I realize there must
>>> be more exceptions than moths I know)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 9:19 AM Jackson, David Robert <drj11 at psu.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Could be ailanthus webworm.
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailanthus_webworm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David R. Jackson
>>>
>>> Forest Resources Educator
>>>
>>> *Penn State Extension-Centre County*
>>>
>>> Willowbank Building, Room 322, 420 Holmes Street
>>>
>>> Bellefonte, PA 16823
>>>
>>> drj11 at psu.edu         814-355-4897(office)
>>>
>>> Forests and Wildlife Extension:
>>> https://extension.psu.edu/forests-and-wildlife
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org> *On Behalf Of *Nathan
>>> Hartshorne
>>> *Sent:* Friday, July 2, 2021 7:29 PM
>>> *To:* MAIPC Listserve (maipc at lists.maipc.org) <maipc at lists.maipc.org>
>>> *Subject:* [MAIPC] Ailanthus Herbivory
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone know what's eating this tree of heaven?
>>>
>>>
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