The mountain pine beetle (MPB), and the blue-stain fungus is another excellent example of symbiosis. The blue stain fungus travels from tree to tree on a special structure in the beetle’s ...

Genome of blue stain fungus evolved to bypass tree defense in mountain pine beetle epidemic. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 01 / 110124162631.htm ...

The giant root borer beetle is a Prionus species and member of the Longhorn Beetle Family, as evidenced by their unusually long antennae. The prionus beetle can grow up to 3 inches and is the ...

Though once considered waste, “blue-stain pine” is now in vogue, partly because it comes mottled with blue-gray streaks from a fungus carried by the bugs. Skip to content NEW MEMBER OFFER!

Individual beetles may be small, but radar images show swarms of millions of them moving North, now killing 100,000 trees in British Columbia, Canada and entering into the Yukon's Gold Rush territory.

If Neiman Enterprises could clone customers like Steve and Kathi Mullins, the mountain pine beetle epidemic ravaging the Black Hills National Forest wouldn't be quite so painful to Tom Shaffer.

Palo verde beetle size. Adult palo verde beetles are typically 3 to 4 inches long, though they can occasionally reach lengths of up to 5 inches.