We had this
rose of Sharon
tree, and it was pretty old, but it was doing fine up until last year. I don't know why, but half of it just seemed to die, while the other half continued to live and make leaves (I don't quite remember, but I don't think even the good half bloomed last year). Well, DH noticed the other day that the bad half was totally rotted and pretty much fell apart with a swift kick from his size 12 timberlinds. So today he dug it out, and found these THINGS:
I know it's not the clearest pic: They're kind of worm-like, but they're fat and white-ish with brown heads. I'm wondering what they are, where did they come from-did they kill the
tree or did the dying
tree draw them to it? And now what, now that the
tree is gone (he said they seemed to be INSIDE the bark)-will they go for the nearest
plant? Oh ya-this was strange too-we also found several, what we believe to be, seceda (sp?) bugs. We've seen them around the yard, and around this
tree, in the past, just hanging out on the
tree, fence, or shed. But they were amongst the yuck-are they bad too? I always thought they were harmless-just ugly? Any advice on what to do next? (or what NOT to do?) Thanks!