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This image identifier refers to a photograph from the Bugwood Network/Forestry Images database, a leading resource for forest health and entomology. Specifically, this image showcases a male pine shoot beetle ( Tomicus piniperda ). 🌲 Subject Overview: Pine Shoot Beetle

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Usually Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris ), but it can attack most pine species. Database: Forestry Images Community Observations 5412183_020.jpg

Adults bore into the center of new pine shoots (usually the current year's growth). This causes the shoots to hollow out, turn yellow/red, and eventually drop off ( "shoot flagging" ).

While they rarely kill healthy mature trees outright, they stunt growth and ruin the shape of Christmas trees and ornamental pines. 📸 Image Metadata Photographer: Maja Jurc, University of Ljubljana This image identifier refers to a photograph from

They breed in the trunks of stressed, dying, or recently felled pine trees.

This beetle is considered a high-risk pest because of its unique two-stage feeding habit: Usually Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris ), but

In this specific image, the focus is on the elytra (wing covers) of a male specimen, which is crucial for taxonomic identification between different Tomicus species. 🛡️ Damage and Impact