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πŸͺ² Beetles

Western Balsam Bark Beetle

Dryocoetes confusus

Not Evaluated

About

A bark beetle that primarily attacks subalpine fir in western North America. It often colonizes trees already weakened by root disease.

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Did You Know?

It produces a pheromone called exo-brevicomin that attracts other beetles to mass-attack weakened trees.