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πŸͺ² Beetles

Granulate Ambrosia Beetle

Xylosandrus crassiusculus

Least Concern (invasive)

About

A tiny reddish-brown ambrosia beetle that bores into a wide range of hardwood trees. It cultivates a symbiotic fungus inside its galleries as food for its larvae.

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Did You Know?

It is one of the few beetles that practices true agriculture by farming fungus gardens inside tree trunks.