To: george76
Aren’t the beetles supposed to eat dead trees returning them to dust to feed the soil? Isn't it just nature at work?
4 posted on
05/15/2008 8:43:07 AM PDT by
svcw
(There is no plan B.)
To: svcw; forester; rellimpank; MtnClimber
These beetles only eat live trees, then move on after the kill.
It would be nice if they would eat dead trees.
7 posted on
05/15/2008 8:56:05 AM PDT by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: svcw; george76
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Aren’t the beetles supposed to eat dead trees returning them to dust to feed the soil?" You're thinking of the Powder Post Beetle (AKA Stink Bug). Different animal. The Mountain Pine Beetle is the culpret.
19 posted on
05/15/2008 2:15:51 PM PDT by
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