| 5443180 |
spruce beetle |
Dendroctonus rufipennis |
Tree mortality along White River in Rio Blanco County. This area was near the epicenter of the massive outbreak of this insect in the late 1940s. Photograph taken July 27, 2011. |
| 5443181 |
spruce beetle |
Dendroctonus rufipennis |
Tree mortality along White River in Rio Blanco County. This area was near the epicenter of the massive outbreak of this insect in the late 1940s. Photograph taken July 27, 2011 |
| 5443183 |
spruce beetle |
Dendroctonus rufipennis |
Tree mortality along White River in Rio Blanco County. This area was near the epicenter of the massive outbreak of this insect in the late 1940s. Photograph taken July 27, 2011 |
| 1455159 |
blue spruce engraver |
Ips hunteri |
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| 1326058 |
blue spruce engraver |
Ips hunteri |
Crown dieback symptom if infestation |
| 1326057 |
blue spruce engraver |
Ips hunteri |
Early crown fading symptom of infestation |
| 1326060 |
blue spruce engraver |
Ips hunteri |
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| 1326059 |
blue spruce engraver |
Ips hunteri |
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| 5382172 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Female in gallery with eggs
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| 5382173 |
banded elm bark beetle |
Scolytus schevyrewi |
Dead adult in gallery with larval tunneling being initiated.
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| 5382164 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Fresh pitch tubes
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| 5382165 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Adult killed in “pitch-out” of ponderosa pine.
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| 5382166 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Fresh pitch tubes
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| 5382167 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Fresh pitch tubes
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| 5382168 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Adult excavating tunnel. Although this tree is still producing pitch, it has been heavily attacked by mountain pine beetle, and this adult beetle is excavating a larval gallery, treading the oozing pitch.
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| 5382169 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Adult excavating tunnel. Although this tree is still producing pitch, it has been heavily attacked by mountain pine beetle, and this adult beetle is excavating a larval gallery, treading the oozing pitch.
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| 5382170 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Fresh pitch tube
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| 5382171 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Adult killed in “pitch-out” of ponderosa pine
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| 5382162 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Female in gallery with eggs
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| 5382045 |
cedar bark beetles |
Phloeosinus spp. |
Twig die-back from maturation feeding by adult cedar bark beetles.
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| 5382042 |
cedar bark beetles |
Phloeosinus spp. |
Twig die-back from maturation feeding by adult cedar bark beetles.
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| 5382043 |
cedar bark beetles |
Phloeosinus spp. |
Twig die-back from maturation feeding by adult cedar bark beetle. The opening to the feeding site is at the center of the picture.
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| 5382044 |
cedar bark beetles |
Phloeosinus spp. |
Twig die-back from maturation feeding by adult cedar bark beetle. The area of the feeding site has been cut away and exposed.
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| 5303006 |
red turpentine beetle |
Dendroctonus valens |
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| 5303007 |
red turpentine beetle |
Dendroctonus valens |
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| 5303092 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Recently killed and fading lodgepole pine. Rabbit Ears’ Pass, Routt County, Colorado. September 3, 2007 |
| 5303093 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Recently killed and fading lodgepole pine. Rabbit Ears’ Pass, Routt County, Colorado. September 3, 2007 |
| 5303094 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Recently killed and fading lodgepole pine. Rabbit Ears’ Pass, Routt County, Colorado. September 3, 2007 |
| 5303095 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Recently killed and fading lodgepole pine. Rabbit Ears’ Pass, Routt County, Colorado. September 3, 2007 |
| 5303096 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Fresh pitch tubes produced within 6 weeks. Rabbit Ears’ Pass, Routt County, Colorado. September 3, 2007 |
| 5303097 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Old pitch tubes produced previous year. Rabbit Ears’ Pass, Routt County, Colorado. September 3, 2007 |
| 5303098 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Fresh pitch tubes produced within 6 weeks. Rabbit Ears’ Pass, Routt County, Colorado. September 3, 2007 |
| 5303100 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
Old pitch tubes produced previous year. Rabbit Ears’ Pass, Routt County, Colorado. September 3, 2007 |
| 5082085 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
pitch out that successfully killed adult attempting to tunnel |
| 5082087 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
dead adult in pitch out produced in tree defense |
| 1455160 |
blue spruce engraver |
Ips hunteri |
Adults on penny |