| 1241517 |
lodgepole terminal weevil |
Pissodes terminalis |
Characteristic chip cocoons beneath bark of spruce terminals distinguish those killed by terminal weevils. |
| 1241464 |
pine engraver |
Ips pini |
Group kill. |
| 1241477 |
western balsam bark beetle |
Dryocoetes confusus |
Trees killed typically have bright red crowns for a year or two after death. |
| 1241474 |
fir engraver |
Scolytus ventralis |
Dead patches of cambium under roughened bark may indicate patch attack. |
| 1241472 |
Douglas-fir beetle |
Dendroctonus pseudotsugae |
Douglas-fir beetle often kills groups of adjacent trees in successive years. Older dead with little remaining foliage are commonly found near recent mortality. Groups such as this are a good place to look for fresh attacks which will have boring dust on stems but green crowns. |
| 1241515 |
white pine weevil |
Pissodes strobi |
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| 1241454 |
western pine beetle |
Dendroctonus brevicomis |
Egg galleries showing characteristic serpentine pattern. |
| 1241488 |
pinhole borer |
Platypus spp. |
Entrance points of adult ambrosia beetle. Holes are stained by blue stain fungi. |
| 1241451 |
red turpentine beetle |
Dendroctonus valens |
Close-up of an adult beetle. |
| 1241455 |
western pine beetle |
Dendroctonus brevicomis |
Larvae feeding in bark. |
| 1241459 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Gallery has a 'crook" at the lower end. |
| 1241465 |
Ips engraver beetles |
Ips spp. |
Adult beetle with depression and spines on end of elytra. |
| 1241482 |
long-horned beetles |
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Adult beetles have antennae that are longer than the body. |
| 1241484 |
long-horned beetles |
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Larvae have rounded "heads" and produce rounded feeding galleries. |
| 1241486 |
flatheaded or metallic wood borer |
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Adults have metallic coloration and antennae that are shorter than the body. |
| 1241487 |
flatheaded or metallic wood borer |
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Larvae have flattened "heads" that are usually much broader than the body. Feeding galleries are flattened, like the larvae, and are tightly packed with fine boring dust. |