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Side view of an adult black turpentine beetle
Photo credit: Pest and Diseases Image Library, Bugwood.orgImage goes here

Life cycle of the black turpentine beetle
Photo credit: USDA Forest Service - Region 8 - Southern Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Pitch tubes on a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda).
Photo credit: Ronald F. Billings, Texas Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Larvae in the characteristic fan-shaped or D-shaped areas under bark
Photo credit: James R. Meeker, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org