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Species Taxonomy Host Image
Spartocera batatas
Giant Sweetpotato Bug
 Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Coreidae 		Sweet potato, eggplant, tomato, potato, and avocado
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Ghost Ant
 Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae		 None
Xyleborus glabratus
Redbay Ambrosia Beetle
 Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae		 In the southeastern United States, the reported hosts of the redbay ambrosia beetle/laurel wilt pathogen have included the red bay (Persea borbonia), silk bay (P. borbonia var. humbles), swamp bay (P. palustris ), sassafras (Sassafras album), and avocado (P. americana ) (Mayfield, 2007; Mayfield, 2008). The laurel wilt pathogen has also been recovered in the southeastern United States from diseased plants of pond berry (Lindera melissifolia), camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora), and pond spice (Litsea aestivates) trees.

Signs and symptoms of laurel wilt are easy to recognize and include discolored foliage and staining of the sapwood of the host plant. Often, noodle-like exudations of sawdust are visible where the small ambrosia beetles penetrate the wood.

Anyone observing dying or dead redbay or sassafras trees with these characteristics should report it here or notify the nearest Texas A&M Forest Service office.

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