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A large longhorn beetle known as 'matsu-no-madara-kamikiri,' responsible for transmitting pine wilt disease in Japan. The larvae develop in pine wood, and adults carry the devastating pine wood nematode.
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This beetle vectors the pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus), which has killed millions of pine trees across Japan since the disease was first described in 1905.