Key to Pecan Insects

INSECTS ATTACKING THE NUTS
Olive-green caterpillars up to ½ inch long feeding in the nuts, or later in the season, in the shucks [page 10] Pecan Nut Casebearer
White caterpillars up to ⅜ inch long tunneling in the shucks [page 11] Hickory Shuckworm
White legless grubs feeding in the nuts in late summer [page 12] Pecan Weevil
Green or brown bugs sucking the sap from the nuts [page 12] Stink Bugs and Plant Bugs
INSECTS ATTACKING THE FOLIAGE
Soft-bodied yellow insects producing honeydew or small black insects causing yellow blotches on the foliage [page 13] Aphids
Tiny green arthropods in webs near the midrib, leaves appear scorched [page 13] Mites
Caterpillars feeding in gray cases about ½ inch long in the spring; small winding blotches produced in the leaves in the summer [page 14] Pecan Leaf Casebearer
Olive-green caterpillars tunneling in the shoots in the early spring [page 10] Pecan Nut Casebearer
Tiny caterpillars in light brown cigar-shaped cases about ¼ inch long [page 15] Pecan Cigar Casebearer
Galls on the leaves, twigs and nuts [page 14] Pecan Phylloxera
Leaves eaten in the early spring by a light green caterpillar which leaves the midribs and veins intact [page 14] Sawfly
Beetles feeding on the foliage at night [page 15] May Beetles
Caterpillars in large white webs encasing entire branches [page 15] Fall Webworm
Caterpillars with long soft hairs feeding in colonies on the foliage without producing webs [page 16] Walnut Caterpillar
Dark gray, active caterpillars up to 3 inches long feeding on the foliage in early spring [page 16] Pecan Catocala
Masses of frothy white foam enclosing tiny, light green insects in the spring [page 16] Pecan Spittlebug
Tiny greenish caterpillars feeding in the terminals and axils of the buds on young pecan trees [page 16] Pecan Bud Moth
INSECTS ATTACKING THE LIMBS, TRUNK AND TWIGS
Beetle girdling twigs and limbs in late summer and fall [page 17] Pecan Twig Girdler
Holes about ⅛ inch in diameter in dying limbs [page 17] Red-shouldered Shot-hole Borer
White borers with an enlargement behind the head tunneling underneath the bark of trunk and limbs [page 17] Flatheaded Borers
Limbs encrusted with scales, which closely resemble the color of the bark [page 18] Obscure Scale