That appealing smell of fresh-cut pine is resin, a sap-like defense mechanism that trees release when they are wounded to ...

Bark beetles have hard, smooth, stout bodies and range from 1.3 to 2.9 mm in length, depending on gender and species. The majority of bark beetles are female; males are smaller and flightless. Adult ...

The shothole borer is a small beetle that can kill an entire tree by boring round holes the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen into a tree’s bark. A beetle is shown in an entry hole above.

As the first part of building a beetle bucket involves cutting holes with a sharp knife ... Fill the rest of the bucket with bark chips and/or dead leaves, leaving around 10cm at the top to ...

The Ips typographus, or larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle, is being blown over from France and damaging spruce trees. Pheromone traps are being used, and the commission is ...