| 1241746 |
balsam woolly adelgid |
Adelges piceae |
Swelling (gouting) around buds and branch nodes. |
| 1241557 |
Douglas-fir tussock moth |
Orgyia pseudotsugata |
Males fly to the females for mating. |
| 1241628 |
pine butterfly |
Neophasia menapia |
Mature pine butterfly larva. |
| 2254034 |
flatheaded or metallic wood borer |
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| 2253078 |
western pine beetle |
Dendroctonus brevicomis |
old damage causing bark to fall off tree |
| 1241517 |
lodgepole terminal weevil |
Pissodes terminalis |
Characteristic chip cocoons beneath bark of spruce terminals distinguish those killed by terminal weevils. |
| 1241590 |
larch casebearer |
Coleophora laricella |
Larch casebearer larvae extend from protective cases to mine needles. |
| 1241594 |
larch casebearer |
Coleophora laricella |
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| 1241626 |
conifer sawfly |
Neodiprion nanulus contortae |
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| 1241519 |
western pineshoot borer |
Eucosma sonomana |
Shortened "shaving brush" appearance of infested shoot. |
| 1241604 |
pine needle sheathminer |
Zelleria haimbachi |
Defoliation showing thinned branch tips, and brown, kinked needles. |
| 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. |
| 1241608 |
ponderosa pine |
Pinus ponderosa |
Normal fall needle drop. The natural abscision of old needles seen here on 4-year old needles-- Not to be confused with needle diseases which kill one or two year old needles. |