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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Sep 13, 2008, at 7:51 AM, Robert Walton wrote:

> I cut out trees that are sick, crooked, lessor species or growing too
> thick. If I left every tree that had something living in or on it, I'd
> leave every tree. I wonder what they are? I don't see any evidence of
> something living in this wood.

I can see that this has become a consuming passion. Get you out there  
with a strong knife or screwdriver and pry off the bark from twenty or  
thirty chunks. You may have to work your way down to ground level. Be  
persistent and you will succeed. Carefully euthanize the insects you  
find. Bring them in to sit beside your keyboard. Exhaustively research  
them at entomology web sites. Report to us what you find. Sleep well  
thereafter.