Bronze birch borer and Betula Jacquemontii in Northern California

[ajfjavi]

I'm thinking about getting a Betula jacquemontii - White-barked Himalayan Birch for my front garden. I have heard that Jacquemontii birches can be quite suseptible to damage from the Bronze birch borer. Are Bronze birch borer's common in the SF Bay Area (Millbrae, CA)?

Thanks,

alfonso

[bamboo]

About a page or two down in this document is some very good BB Borer info. Here is the link-

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