🌲🔍 Non-European #BarkBeetle Pityophthorus solus spotted in the wild in Belgium (found previously in Spain & Hawaii outside its native range). https://tinyurl.com/bdct58tx

🙏Thanks to T.Atkinson, M.Knížek & other #scolytinae experts for ID help.

🪲🪵Wood borers spotted during #IUFRO division 7 conference in Bordeaux:
1️⃣Monochamus galloprovincialis, gorgeous #Cerambycidae but vector of the Pine wood nematode😱
2️⃣Six-toothed #BarkBeetle, Ips sexdentatus. Smaller but still very harmful🌲
3️⃣Ergates faber: Beware of its mandibles!🪚

🌲🪲When a #BarkBeetle challenges Donald Trump's hairstyle... Or is it more BoJo? These female Pityokteines spinidens are amazing anyway💃🔥! Fancy more diversity of bark beetle heads and butts? Check out @JiriHulcr
and @MarcAbrahams
' fantastic book https://shorturl.at/cDPQ5

🪲Can pheromone traps really make a difference against the spruce #BarkBeetle (Ips typographus)?🌲 Our 2-year experimental study reveals some surprising insights🧑‍🔬 !

Read all about it in our recent paper.📚 https://peerj.com/articles/14093/ via @PeerJLife
For a quick summary, follow this thread ⤵️ 1/

#Furniture made out of #BarkBeetle infected trees - I like it!
https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3063988/