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Old 28th March 2008, 12:10 AM   #13 (permalink)
Ekka
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Default Re: Pohutukawa| Metrosideros excelsa, thomasii, kermadecensi| Lifespan| NZ Christmas

Some pics

The typical borer hole.



Where the borer ate the cambium layer



Some weird cocoons on it.



And all cocoons opened the guy inside was dead.



Cannot say the borers had anything to do with the cocoon though. The decline seems more severe on the variegated ones.
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