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BORING INSECTS



Adult fig longicorn beetle (top), Elephant weevil (bottom right) and vine weevil (bottom centre) showing relative sizes
Adult fig longicorn beetle (top), Elephant weevil (bottom right) and vine weevil (bottom centre) showing relative sizes
Photo credit: Stephen Goodwin
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  • TERMITES, or white ants, prefer dead wood and bore inside vine trunks. They have straight antennae (ant antennae are elbowed) and lack a narrow ant-like 'waist' behind their legs. Their bodies are pale and soft except in spring, when they are dark and hard with wings which fall off easily (unlike ant wings).

OTHER BORING INSECTS IMAGES

Common auger beetles (1-2 mm) are black-brown Common auger beetle has eaten around the pith Fig longicorn larva (2.5 mm) is yellow-grey Sap exuding from holes bored by common auger beetle adults Vine weevil, with typical stubby snout and narrow head, bore holes (1-2 mm diam.) in dormant canes Vine weevile damage to the shoot disrupts sap flow Fruit tree borer caterpillar Frass from vine borer damage Damage from vine weevil causes leaves above the bore hole to curl down

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