Ambrosia Beetles: Images
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Ambrosia beetle (Gnathotrichus materiarius)
Photo credit: Pest and Diseases Image Library, Bugwood.org
Galleries made by Gnathotrichus materiarius in pine wood with coloration due to associated fungi.
Photo credit: Louis-Michel Nageleisen, Département de la Santé des Forêts, Bugwood.org
Redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus).
Photo credit: Michael C. Thomas, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
Tubes of frass created by the redbay ambrosia beetle on redbay (Persea borbonia).
Photo credit: James Johnson, Georgia Forestry Commission, Bugwood.org
Common ambrosia beetle (Platypus parallelus).
Photo credit: Pest and Diseases Image Library, Bugwood.org
Damage by pinhole borer (Platypus sp.).
Note the presence of dark stain on or round tunnel walls and the absence of powder within the tunnels.
Photo credit: USDA Forest Service Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Black twig borer (Xylosandrus compactus).
Photo credit: Michael C. Thomas, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
Damage caused by black twig borers (Xylosandrus compactus) on Leyland cypress.
Photo credit: Andrew J. Boone, South Carolina Forestry Commission, Bugwood.org
