4th
March
2006
Sapsucker Hole Patterns
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Q. My flowering cherry tree has small 1/4″ holes around the trunk spaced about 1″ apart. Have never seen a woodpecker. Any ideas? Tip Thibodaux - Spanaway, WA
A. About 2 months ago I answered a question about sapsuckers. This sounds like the same thing. Damage by boring insects is usually not equally spaced around the tree. In this case the sapsucker (which you just may not have noticed) start a little hole to let the sap ooze out and then come back later to eat the bugs that are attracted to it. Cherry trees are one of the sapsuckers favorite trees to work on.
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