SPB & Invasive Insects - Photos:SPB
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| Aerial photo of a large southern pine beetle infestation near the Red River in Louisiana. Yellow-green trees indicate recently infested trees, while reddish trees are older. |
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| Southern pine beetle (SPB) attacking a loblolly pine tree, with resin exuding from the hole made by the beetle. In most cases the attack succeeds, but in some trees sufficient resin is produced to "pitch out" or entomb the beetle. | Pitch tubes mark the locations of extensive SPB attacks on this loblolly pine. The resin oozing from these beetle attack sites serves as an important defense for the tree. | SPB galleries and larvae inside an attacked tree. The adult beetles producing winding, S-shaped galleries in the inner bark of the tree, laying eggs as they tunnel. The eggs hatch and the larvae consume the phloem tissue of the inner bark. |
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Southern Pine Beetle Image |
Southern Pine Beetle Image |
Lightening Struck Tree Image |
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Lightening Struck Tree Image |
Lightening Struck Tree Image |
Lightening Struck Tree Image |
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Lightening Struck Tree Image |
Loblolly Pine with SPB |
LS on Kisatchie Ranger District |
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SPB Infected Trees Sky-view |
SPB with Wings Out |
SPB Adults Attacking |
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SPB Adults Attacking |
SPB Galleries Under Bark |
SPB Galleries |
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SPB Killed Loblolly Pine |
SPB Leftside with Mite |
SPB with Multiple Mites |
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SPB Pitch Tubes |
SPB Galleries |
SPB Laurel Ms6 |
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The Beetles |
Tornado Damage |
Tornado Damage |
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Tornado Damage |
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