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Insect & Mite Management

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Tree Insect & Mite Management 

The SavATree insect management program can protect your landscape from the damaging effects caused by insect infestation. Beginning with a thorough inspection of your landscape, your professionally trained arborist will identify any insect or mite challenges and prescribe treatment, along with careful, routine monitoring and proper maintenance.

Insects will usually target plants that are already in poor health or under stress. Our arborists make it their first priority to restore the health of your trees and shrubs, so that they can naturally resist harmful insects.

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Benefits of Professional Tree Care

Reduce Risk

Reduce Risk

Trees are both assets and liabilities. Protect your property with expert tree care that mitigates risk, minimizes hazards, and ensures a safe environment for all to enjoy.

Adhere to Requirements

Adhere to Requirements

Meet safety and environmental requirements while enhancing the property’s aesthetic appeal. Our professional tree care solutions are tailored to each property's unique needs.

Identify Challenges Early

Identify Challenges Early

Address potential tree health issues before they escalate. Our proactive care services identify and correct problems early, saving you from costly damages and preserving your landscape’s beauty.

Restore Tree Health

Restore Tree Health

Restore your property’s trees to their full glory with precise pruning that promotes healthy growth, improves structure, and enhances the natural beauty of your landscape, ensuring vibrant, resilient trees.

Treat Diseases Quickly

Treat Diseases Quickly

Our specialized treatments help protect your trees from common and emerging diseases. Early intervention and ongoing care keep your trees healthy for a lush, thriving landscape year-round.

Benefits of Professional Tree Care

Reduce Risk

Reduce Risk

Trees are both assets and liabilities. Protect your property with expert tree care that mitigates risk, minimizes hazards, and ensures a safe environment for all to enjoy.

Adhere to Requirements

Adhere to Requirements

Meet safety and environmental requirements while enhancing the property’s aesthetic appeal. Our professional tree care solutions are tailored to each property's unique needs.

Identify Challenges Early

Identify Challenges Early

Address potential tree health issues before they escalate. Our proactive care services identify and correct problems early, saving you from costly damages and preserving your landscape’s beauty.

Restore Tree Health

Restore Tree Health

Restore your property’s trees to their full glory with precise pruning that promotes healthy growth, improves structure, and enhances the natural beauty of your landscape, ensuring vibrant, resilient trees.

Treat Diseases Quickly

Treat Diseases Quickly

Our specialized treatments help protect your trees from common and emerging diseases. Early intervention and ongoing care keep your trees healthy for a lush, thriving landscape year-round.

Tree Insect & Mite Management and Treatment

If left undetected or untreated, there are a variety of harmful insects that can do significant damage to your trees:

  • The larvae of certain insects directly defoliate trees by eating the leaves, needles, and fruit.
  • Wood-boring insects injure and kill trees by infiltrating the tree’s vascular system, preventing the trunk and branches from taking up needed nutrients and moisture.
  • Sucking pests cause wilting, spotting and drying of leaves and fruit, and can also transmit viruses to the plants.

SavATree insect management programs can protect your trees from the damaging effects of insect infestation. We use low impact methods and ingredients to minimize populations of damaging pests while preserving the ecologically beneficial insects.

 

 Inspect, Identify, and Correct: Steps to Insect Control for Trees

Your SavATree arborist will design a customized and multi-pronged treatment plan targeted to the tree species, the specific pest, and the site conditions.

Identify, Treat, and Prevent the Specific Pest

Your SavATree arborist will perform a visual inspection of the foliage, branches, and trunk of the symptomatic tree for evidence of infestation. If detected, they will recommend the regimen of control and prevention measures most appropriate for the specific insect and the tree species. That may include application of technical materials, and/or strategic pruning, to treat or remove the pest. Your arborist may also recommend fertilization or soil amendments to improve growing conditions and increase the overall health of the tree, which will allow it to recover more quickly from damage and better defend itself from future attacks.

Some common pests include emerald ash borer, spotted lanternfly, webworm caterpillars, sawflies, spider mites, Japanese beetles and many more.

Assess and Improve the Site Conditions

Since poor site conditions may cause a tree to become vulnerable to insect infestation, your arborist may make recommendations to improve the site conditions before beginning insect treatments. For example, pruning the affected tree (and any trees and shrubs that may be crowding it) can improve sunlight penetration and air flow, and increase the efficacy of treatments. Learn about our Tree Pruning, and other Tree Services.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • SavATree begins with a thorough inspection of your landscape to identify insect or mite challenges, then prescribes customized a treatment plan with careful monitoring and proper maintenance.

  • Insects usually target plants that are already in poor health or under stress, which is why SavATree prioritizes restoring tree health so they can naturally resist harmful insects.

  • Yes, we provide customized landscape care, risk assessments, and consulting for commercial properties to enhance curb appeal, protect value, and ensure safety.

  • We’re reducing our carbon footprint through operational improvements and hybrid/organic programs, and our Consulting Group supports large-scale environmental projects at all levels. Our product selection is guided by agroscience and a three-tiered protocol to ensure environmental safety, efficacy, and cost. All our regulated ingredients are EPA-approved.

  • Insect larvae can defoliate trees by eating leaves and needles, wood-boring insects can infiltrate the vascular system preventing nutrient uptake, and sucking insects cause wilting and spotting while potentially transmitting viruses.

  • Your arborist performs a visual inspection of foliage, branches, and trunk for evidence of infestation, then recommends a customized plan that may include targeted treatments, strategic pruning, or fertilization.

  • SavATree treats emerald ash borer, spotted lanternfly, webworm caterpillars, sawflies, spider mites, Japanese beetles, and many other common insects.

  • Yes, since poor site conditions can make trees vulnerable to infestation, arborists may recommend improving conditions through pruning to increase sunlight penetration and air flow before beginning treatments.

  • Yes, SavATree uses low impact methods and ingredients to minimize populations of damaging insects while preserving ecologically beneficial insects.

  • Yes, SavATree offers organic programs using OMRI-reviewed ingredients and can customize programs with organic, traditional, or hybrid options to suit your landscape goals.

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A 75 foot tall ash tree dropped a limb through my roof so it had to go. SavATree came through quickly and professionally. Because the tree was close to my house and next to the electrical line to the house, they used a crane for their treetop cutting worker. Two more workers on the ground handled ropes to lower cut limbs, while a fourth worker continuously removed all waste. Done in less...

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SavATree has been caring for my trees for years with lots of TLC. Their arborists and crews listen to our desires and share ideas for problem solving and we are always happy with results. This year we tried their holiday lighting service and LOVE how it turned out. My outdoor decor brings me joy. Thanks SavATree!

Lorrie Meier

Lorrie Meier

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(a week ago)

It was such a great experience! Katty was on time and she was the estimator for us. She was smart, kind and helpful towards our situation. It truly felt like she had her best interest at heart. Katty was open and honest about what the report would include. I highly recommend requesting Katty if you have the chance too !

Jennalyn Piquit

Jennalyn Piquit

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Elizabeth Bucio and the entire SavATree team are a shining example of how tree service should be done. Their professionalism, expertise, and attention to detail consistently set them apart. Elizabeth is especially outstanding—her communication is clear, proactive, and timely, and she always addresses items quickly and thoroughly. From initial assessment through completion, she ensures...

Jeremy Easterling

Jeremy Easterling

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(a week ago)

I work with several Associations in the North Bay area, and many of them are contracted with SavATree for arborist services. I cannot express how much I appreciate their associate arborist, Liz, and the exceptional service she provides to our communities. She is easy to work with, flexible, honest, and consistently one of the most friendly and professional contractors I collaborate with. She...

Jean Martinez

Jean Martinez

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(a week ago)

Savatree really saved us a few times this year with some highly neglected tree work due to a former owner. I'm always impressed by their analyses of situations and their ability to get the work done fast and with precision. They never leave a mess!

Don Denne

Don Denne

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(a week ago)

I had great service with SavATree and their professional opinion. Ive called several arborists to discuss the health of my tree and didnt get any real answers on what was going on with it and how much longer it would/could survive. Our poor tree was in pretty bad shape. Bob did a great job explaining to me what was going on at the trunk and several areas that were a potential risk of failure;...

C Y

C Y

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(a week ago)

Highly recommend Keith L and his team at SavATree! We initially called for a walk through on our new home, and appreciated the balance between what should be done immediately vice what we could wait and see. Tree pruning and removal has always been completed professionally, with prompt and efficient scheduling. The team leaves our property in great condition. Prices are in line with other...

Colleen Rutar

Colleen Rutar

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(a week ago)

This was an expert team. They took down a large dying poplar tree in just a few hours without any damage to the surrounding trees or structures, then cleaned up the area nicely. I highly recommend SavATree for any tree work you may need.

Rick Croteau

Rick Croteau

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(a week ago)

After meeting with arborist Rob Nagy, his teams worked non stop for two days in bitter cold weather pruning 5 very large Tulip Poplar trees. They did excellent work, cleaned up properly, and checked in with us throughout the project. They are true pros doing potentially very dangerous work. We highly recommend them.

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