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[Karen Kellogg <garuda2@comcast.net>]

I noticed that on a lower small limb on my pear tree(name unknown at  
the moment) all the leaves had turned dark brown, almost black. I  
pruned it off, and in the hollowed branch was a larvae of some sort;  
grossed me out as I had already cut it in half with the pruners, so I  
did not examine closely.
 I see no other sign of die-back; should I be checking the bases of  
my trees for borers of some kind?

Thanks,
Karen
zone 5 NW Connecticut