Curculionidae

Anthonomus grandis (Boll Weevil)

Illustration of Anthonomus grandis (Boll Weevil)

Dendroctonus ponderosae (Mountain Pine Beetle) 1

Illustration of Dendroctonus ponderosae (Mountain Pine Beetle)

Dendroctonus ponderosae (Mountain Pine Beetle) 2

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