pine beetles
Forest-killing insects
Pine beetles are small bark beetles that bore into pine trees, laying eggs beneath the bark and introducing fungi that kill the host.
Several species cause widespread forest destruction during outbreaks, turning mountainsides of green timber rust-red.
Pine beetles have devastated millions of acres of western forests.
- barkSharp canine vocalization
- infestationPest takeover situation
- forestTree-dense ecosystem
- treesWoody plants with trunks
- dead treesExpired woodland vegetation
larvae · boring · damage · woodpecker · deadwood · resin · pitch · needles · outbreak · timber · sawdust · tunnels · mountain · lodgepole · decay · drought · climate change · wildfire
- beetlesscarab, scarabs, ladybug, ladybugs, ladybird
- invasive speciesinvasive species, lionfish, emerald ash borer, noxious weeds, kudzu
- tree problemscrack, dead wood, dieback, rot, wound
- wood peststermites, termite, carpenter ants, carpenter ant, woodworm
- pine forest ecosystemresin, acidic soil
- CaribooClinton
ecological role
pine beetlespollinators
Organisms transferring reproductive dust
beneficial insects · decomposers · woodpeckers · parasitic wasps · native pollinators
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