Wood Borer Beetle

Do you know of the beetle that is the size of a sesame seed and now killing our trees throughout South Africa. What a tragic situation!!!!!
The polyphagous shot hole borer that is native to southeast Asia is approximately 2mm, and is now found in our South African trees, faster than you can say snap…
Even though the beetle is too small to detect you still can identify if you have a problem in your garden or even in your street. You will detect the following signs:

The symptoms are not all the same it varies from one tree species to another.

• A wooden powder on the bark at holes in tree
• Dead branches
• Wilting trees
• Sugar heaps uzing out of holes
• Look like someone has shot the tree with a shotgun