go back Stem damage by egg laying cicadas

This kind of damage can also occur in fruits.

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 Cicadas are occasional visitors to orchards where egg laying (ovipositing) females may deposit their eggs in 1-2 year old stems. The criss-cross V pattern made by the cicada's ovipositor is characteristic of this damage.

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