Illustration of Galerucella pusilla (Golden Loosestrife Beetle)
Illustration of Cicindela dorsalis media (Eastern Beach Tiger Beetle)
Illustration of Pluvialis fulva (Pacific Golden Plover)
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 Cincindela theatina (Tiger Beetle)
Illustration of Dendroctonus ponderosae (Mountain Pine Beetle)
Illustration of Coccinella transversalis (Ladybird Beetle)