Turf King Lawn Expert’s Certified Arborist offers Birch Miner Bug Tree Treatment

Barry Ziegler, owner is a certified arborist with the International Society of Arboriculture.

Barry will go out to assess your valuable trees and recommend the best treatment plan to keep them in good health or to improve the health.

• Larvae of Sawfly - Birch Leaf Miner burrows into birch leaves in search of nutrients
• Makes tree susceptible to further disease
• Prefers leaves of newly formed shoots
• Small brown or red-brown irregular patches on leaves which may begin to curl indicate the presence of the Birch Leaf Miner
• Adults emerge in spring laying eggs on newly forming leaves, hatching in 10 - 14 days
• Feed on leaves for 8 - 12 days
• Mature larvae drop to the ground to form a cocoon in the soil with the adult emerging  in 1 - 2 weeks
• Can have 1 - 4 generations per year with final generation overwintering in soil cocoons with cycle restarting in spring
• 2 spray applications are done in the spring and July
• Applications should be done yearly