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Photographer: Duane Hall
Taken: August 5, 2015
Caption: Beetle Enemies Interpretive Sign
Additional Description: Southern pines have two major enemies, southern pine beetle and black turpentine beetle. Both bore into the bark, leaving pitch tubules. The larvae burrow along eating the inner bark. If enough beetles infest one tree, it may be girdled and die.
Submitted: October 23, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
Database Locator Identification Number: p334903
File Size: 0.780 Megabytes

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