What kind of insect/animal

[Gem99ultra]

What kind of animal or insect strips a Sweetgum tree like this?


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Any info would be appreciated.

 

[Thomas]

Dang...at first thought it might be woodpecker.

 

[Peter 315]

Idk but watch your back

 

[LouNY]

Dang...at first thought it might be woodpecker.

If it was around here that would be the answer, the large pileated woodpeckers,
they will strip and shred a tree in a hurry going after insects.

 

[dmccarty]

If it was around here that would be the answer, the large pileated woodpeckers,
they will strip and shred a tree in a hurry going after insects.

We have a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers on our place so maybe he has some. I often hear them since they have a very distinctive call but seeing them can be difficult because they are very skittish.

I have seen trees like that before but not on our place.

Maybe it is just a giant bear....

:shocked::shocked::shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[polo1665]

That first picture looks a little doctored up, but the tree looks dead, and I would agree that insects and woodpeckers are at work.

 

[jbrumberg]

If it was around here that would be the answer, the large pileated woodpeckers,
they will strip and shred a tree in a hurry going after insects.

I agree. They are avian chainsaws. I've watched them strip and tear into a dead softwood.

 

[EddieWalker]

Just looks like a dead tree that has been rotting away for years. Why it died might be because of woodpeckers, but then trees just die sometimes without any really good reason.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Got to be woodpeckers for sure. As for what caused it to die, could be anything from a lightening strike to wood borers to drought.

 

[oosik]

Lordy - even the worst of any pine bark beetle infestations never look that bad. The pine dies and the beetles move on, long before it looks anything like that. We have a brand of woodpecker - sapsucker - that's a miniature version of the pileated woodpecker. Raise havoc with my fruit trees.