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Phloeosinus punctatus LeConte, 1876 (western cedar bark beetle) Phloeosinus scopulorum Swaine, 1924; Phloeosinus sequoiae Hopkins, 1903; Phloeosinus serratus (LeConte, 1868) (juniper bark beetle) Phloeosinus setosus Bruck, 1933; Phloeosinus spinosus Blackman, 1942; Phloeosinus swainei Bruck, 1933; Phloeosinus taxodii Blackman, 1922; Phloeosinus ...
Time-lapse of Tigercat mulcher clearing brush. Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses a single machine to cut, grind, and clear vegetation.. A forestry mulching machine, also referred to as a forestry mulcher, forest masticator, or brushcutter, uses a rotary drum equipped with steel chipper tools ("teeth") or blades to shred vegetation. [1]
In response to the unprecedented spread of bark beetles in the Rocky Mountains and other parts of the western United States, the U.S. Forest Service formed the Western Bark Beetle Research Group (WBBRG) in 2007—a collaboration between scientists from three research stations that pools knowledge and resources to better understand the threat and eventually develop a strategy to combat it. [10]
The southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis), a bark beetle, is a major threat to pine trees in the southeastern United States. Its reproductive cycle is controlled by varying ratios of certain natural chemicals, including verbenone. To reproduce, pine bark beetles aggregate in large numbers in their host pine trees.
The pinyon ips is a small, brown, cylindrical bark beetle with spines on the distal portion of the abdomen, which is typical for this genus of bark beetles. Pinyon ips has five such spines. The adult’s length ranges between 1 ⁄ 8 inch (3.2 mm) and 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6.4 mm).
Tiny bark beetles, namely the Ips engraver and southern pine varieties, have been killing millions of trees across Louisiana and Mississippi after a severe drought last year left forests and woods ...
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They are bark beetles, members of the subfamily Scolytinae. Species are distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere. [1] Some are known as introduced species in Australia and Africa. [2] Many species are pests of forest trees, especially pines and spruces. [3] They are known commonly as engraver beetles, [4] ips engraver beetles, [5] [6] and ...