Mountain pine beetle
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The mountain pine beetle is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America from Mexico to central British Columbia. It has a hard black exoskeleton, and measures approximately
Dendroctonus ponderosae
A lodgepole pine tree infested by the mountain pine beetle, with visible pitch tubes
Trees damaged by mountain pine beetles in Yellowstone National Park
A lodgepole pine tree with a pitch tube
Beetle
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Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Col
Mountain pine beetle
…were affected. The outbreak then declined due to better environmental conditions, but many vulnerable trees had already been destroyed. Mountain pine beetles inhabit ponderosa, whitebark, lodgepole, Scots, jack, limber, Rocky Mountain bristlecone, and Great Basin bristlecone pine trees. Normally, these insects…
Coleoptera at the State Museum of Natural History, Karlsruhe, Germany
Royal goliath beetle, Goliathus regius, compared to a mouse
Titan beetle, Titanus giganteus, a tropical longhorn beetle
Scydosella musawasensis, the smallest known beetle: scale bar (right) is 50 μm.