JoAnne Skelly: More pesky bugs — elm leaf beetles

Last week I wrote about root weevils eating leaves. This week’s pests are the elm leaf beetles. While elms are hardy drought- tolerant trees for arid Nevada, they are plagued by elm leaf beetles every year. By this time of year, the trees look half-dead with white to brown ragged leaves. The problem is the leaves have been skeletonized by the larvae of the beetles. These caterpillar-like creatures scrape off all the green tissue between the veins and leave behind tan-colored remains giving