Peach
Other Pests You May See—Dormant Season
Each name links to more information on identification and management.
 Peach twig borer hibernacula Identification tip: Hibernacula are most commonly found in the crotches of 2- or 3-year-old wood. Look for tiny piles of reddish frass. |
 Peach silver mite Identification tip: You will need a hand lens with at least 10X power to see these tiny, wedge-shaped, four-legged mites that overwinter around buds and under bud scales. |
 Fruittree leafroller eggs Identification tip: Overlapping eggs are laid in masses on limbs and twigs; initially they are covered with a gray secretion that turns white upon aging. |
 Armillaria root rot Identification tip: Leaves often turn pale and wilt, usually on one side of the tree. White fungus can be seen if the bark is peeled from the trunk where it meets the soil. |
 Voles Identification tip: Voles chew the bark off trees, just above and below the soil line. |
 Pocket gophers Identification tip: Pocket gopher mounds are generally fan shaped and have a plugged opening. |
 Consperse stink bug Identification tip: Adults have gray-brown to green bodies with yellow to orange legs and antennae that have darkened tips. The body and legs are covered with small black specks. |
 Green stink bug Identification tip: Adult green stink bugs, also known as green soldier bugs, are bright green with the entire lateral margin lined in yellow or orange. |
 Redshouldered stink bug Identification tip: Although a predominantly green stink bug with a narrow red band across the shoulder, frequently the overwintering adults tend to be brown and the band may be absent. |
| No photo available Uhler’s stink bug Identification tip: Adults are green with a yellow margin on the sides of the abdomen and 3 spots spaced horizontally on the ventral side. |
 Do not confuse Uhler's stink bug with the rough stink bug, Brochymena quadripustulata, a predator that is speckled white and gray and has a rough, sculptured appearance. |
 American plum borer or prune limb borer Identification tip: Extensive gumming around scaffold crotches, at pruning wounds, or in crown galls can indicate the presence of this borer. |
 Pacific flatheaded borer Identification tip: Larvae feed under the bark of limbs or the tree trunk, causing the bark above their mines to appear rough and broken. |
 Shothole borer Identification tip: The presence of small holes on a branch is characteristic of a shothole borer attack. |
 Peachtree borer Identification tip: Look for gumming near the base of the tree trunk. |