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Dendroctonus frontalis, the southern pine beetle, [1] often shortened to simply SPB, is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of the southern United States, Mexico and Central America. [2] It has recently expanded its range to the northeastern United States, where it is considered an invasive species and has destroyed massive amounts ...
September 10, 2024 at 5:02 AM. An old nemesis of North Carolina's pine forests is having a resurgence in other Southeastern states as southern pine beetle outbreaks are decimating forest stands in ...
The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America from Mexico to central British Columbia. It has a hard black exoskeleton, and measures approximately 5 millimetres (1⁄4 in), about the size of a grain of rice. In western North America, an outbreak of the beetle and ...
Western conifer seed bug in Kanagawa, Japan. The western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis), sometimes abbreviated as WCSB, is a species of true bug (Hemiptera) in the family Coreidae. It is native to North America west of the Rocky Mountains (California to British Columbia, east to Idaho Minnesota and Nevada) but has in recent times ...
On a recent excursion, Campbell Vaughn couldn't help but notice the devastation of pine trees in local forested areas due to the southern pine beetle.
Southern pine beetle. Multicolored Asian lady beetle. Japanese beetle. Hemlock wooly adelgid. Emerald ash borer. Brown marmorated stink bug. Fall armyworm. Kudzu bug. Fire ant. Sugarcane aphid.
D. brevicomis. Binomial name. Dendroctonus brevicomis. LeConte, 1876. Dendroctonus brevicomis, the western pine beetle, is a species of crenulate bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. It is found in North America [1][2][3] and parts of Mexico. [4] It is known as a destructive pest of ponderosa and Coulter pine trees. [5]
Asian long-horned beetle infests primarily maple, poplar, willow and elm; Sirex woodwasp infests multiple pine species; Southern pine beetle also infests several pine species; it is native to the Southeast, but is considered invasive in the Northeast; Winter moth is a defoliating insect that infests many species including oaks, maples, and cherries