In Michigan over the past few years our trees have been getting destroyed slowly but surely by these "ash worms" that basically eat the tree until the bark falls of and then they die. There are a few courses that used to be fairly well wooded that are now sadly wide open holes as all of the trees have been eaten then cut down.

I was wondering if these ash worms are doing this everywhere or if they are only attacking Michigan right now.

Please let me know if your courses have lost trees due to these ash worms. It is very obvious to tell if a tree is being eaten by the ash worm because the bark will fall off in large pieces until the tree is completely bare. On the remaining tree and the backside of the bark there are very intricite squigelly lines left from the worms.

I looked for pictures on google but didn't find too much...

Are these attacking both deciduous and coniferous trees?

Ash are deciduous trees.

Well, after learning what those words mean I can answer that as far as I know it would only be deciduous trees because I have been told that the worms only attack 'Ash' trees.

I am not very familiar with the difference between tree types but I have been told that most of the trees in our area are Ash trees, hence why these worms are thriving.

Try goggling for "emerald ash borer" and you'll probably learn more than you need to know. They only ruin ash trees, are found in several states, and are spreading, for a start.

Joe

I though this thread was going to be about The Jeff Ash or GrandMasterAsh as he is now known by :D

Sadly enough , the only way to kill these little guys is to burn the trees. That really sucks !
I am glad we dont have a lot of Ash here in Texas.

What time of year do the Mesquite and Cactus worms come out ?