Zoysia 

Wood -boring beetles have four  life  stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. So there you go.  We I began to write this blog I was still devastated by seeing this Red Oak in this condition.  We actually planted these trees a year prior.  So lets talk about it.  Moths hit this new neighborhood and new landscapes heavy this year in 2019.  Actually these photos are taken the day I arrived.  The client reached out to me that he felt his trees where having some issues.  Anyways obviously this issue started months before I got there.  The client felt running a water to the tree and water the tree was the issue because the leaves where browning.  very common mistake amongst homeowners.  When I got there the rootball was rolling is the Hole it was soaked.  Burnt all the roots up, drowned the roots and of course wood borers.   Quick tips on the wood borers.  Large trees rarely have issues with wood borers.  These red oaks had like a 4" caliper.   you can see the damage on the outside of the tree from the borers and also you can see the exit holes from the beetles.  When a tree is drowning it is more likely to have issues with insects such as wood borers.  Trees don't like their feet wet they will survive a drought before over watering.  if you start to notice issues like this with newly planted trees contact your installer ASAP.   The problem with this situation is that when I arrived the client wanted me to treat both of the trees.  however one tree didn't have as much damage and I felt as if we could save the one.  but the photos above I told the client it was highly unlikely but we would try.  However the rootball in the one tree was so soaked and full of water I wasn't even sure how much of the ingredient was absorbed.  Anyways about a month later the tree above snapped in half.  But we where able to save the other one.  Imidacloprid was used at its highest rate due to infestation as a soil soak.