Dendroctonus ponderosae (Mountain Pine Beetle) 1

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 mm, about the size of a grain of rice. In western North America, the current outbreak of the mountain pine beetle and its microbial associates has destroyed wide areas of lodgepole pine forest

Illustration of Ponderosa pine (Pinus Ponderosa)

Illustration of Cicindela dorsalis media (Eastern Beach Tiger Beetle)

Illustration of beetle

Unicode: 1F41E

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Illustration of mountain range

Illustration of Cincindela theatina (Tiger Beetle)