Index - Identification and Biology of Southern Pine Bark Beetles

Identification and Biology of Southern Pine Bark Beetles

R.C. Thatcher – Program Manager, USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, Integrated Pest Management Program, and
M.D. Connor – Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, Forest Pest Management.

Integrated Pest Management Handbook, USDA, Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook No. 634, March 1985.

In 1980, the Forest Service and the Cooperative State Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture initiated the Integrated Pest Management Research, Development, and Applications Program for Bark Beetles of Southern Pines. This research/applications effort concentrates on pine bark beetles and associated tree disease in the South. This is one in a series of Integrated Pest Management handbooks.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

General Characteristics
	Symptoms of Attack
		Discolored Foliage
		Pitch Tubes
		Boring Material
		Insect Galleries
		Adult Exit Holes
	Description of Life Stages
	Seasonal Infestation Patterns

Life Cycles and Behavior
	Southern Pine Beetle
	Ips Engraver Beetle
	Black Turpentine Beetle

Interrelationships Among Bark Beetles

References

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