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Life stages of the southern pine beetle
Photo credit: USDA Forest Service - Region 8 - Southern Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Southern pine beetle damage on Virginia pine
Photo credit: Tim Tigner, Virginia Department of Forestry, Bugwood.org

Dorsal view with male on the left and female on the right
Photo credit: David T. Almquist, University of Florida , Bugwood.org

Frass from beetle attack
Photo credit: Erich G. Vallery, USDA Forest Service - SRS-4552, Bugwood.org

Aerial view of infestation at Indian Mounds Wilderness in 1993
Photo credit: Ronald F. Billings, Texas Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Galleries created under the bark
Photo credit: W.H. Bennett, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Bluestain in beetle-killed log
Photo credit: Terry S. Price, Georgia Forestry Commission, Bugwood.org

Exit holes of new brood adults
Photo credit: Lacy L. Hyche, Auburn University, Bugwood.org