Round headed appletree borer

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    My son just found this horrible thing in a hole in his apple tree. It is about 5cms long so this pic is just a little larger than life-size.

    We googled and it seems mostly these revolting things are found in US though some are found in UK.

    Anybody found one in their tree?

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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      Blimey, goowd help us.:smile:

      In Australia that would be a delicacy.
       
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        Yes I suppose it would Pete but I'm not going to try it :mute:



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