An Online Catalog of
Western Forest Insects and Diseases

Wood Borers
Other Critters & Cruds


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Wood Borers & Ambrosia Beetles

Wood Borers -- General

  Shade Tree Borers -- Colorado State University

Bark Beetles and Wood Borers -- USDA FS, SW Oregon FHP Service Center


Ambrosia Beetles (Scolytidae, Platypodidae)

Ambrosia Beetles -- Natural Resources Canada

Ambrosia Beetle USDA FS, SW Oregon FHP Service Center

  Ambrosia Beetles of Western Conifers USDA FS, FIDL #170

Scratch-faced Ambrosia Beetle (Gnathotrichus sulcatus) -- University of British Columbia

Striped Ambrosia Beetle (Trypodendron lineatum) -- University of British Columbia


Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)

APHIS "Beetle Busters" ALB website

USDA Forest Service ALB website


Carpenter Ants (Camponotus species)

Carpenter Ants (Camponotus herculeanus) -- University of British Columbia


Cirus Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora chinensis)

Citrus Longhorned Beetle pest alert (NAPPO)


Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)

  APHIS EAB website

Michigan Tech. EAB website

multi-agency EAB website

Ohio Dept. of Agr. website


Flatheaded Borers (Buprestidae)

Bronze Birch Borer (Agrilus anxius) -- Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet No. 111

Bronze Birch Borer (Agrilus anxius) -- University of British Columbia

Flatheaded Borers USDA FS, SW Oregon FHP Service Center

Flatheaded Fir Borer (Melanophila drummondi) -- University of British Columbia

Flatheaded Fir Borer (Melanophila drummondi) -- Oregon Dept. of Forestry, Forest Health Note

Golden Buprestid -- Natural Resources Canada

Golden Buprestid (Buprestis aurulenta) -- University of British Columbia

Western Cedar Borer (Trachykele blondeli) -- University of British Columbia

Western Larch Borer (Tetropium velutinum) -- University of British Columbia


Longhorned (Roundheaded) Borers (Cerambycidae)

also see:
    Asian Longhorned Beetle
    Citrus Longhorned Beetle
    Emerald Ash Borer

Roundheaded Borers USDA FS, SW Oregon FHP Service Center

Sawyer Beetles (Monochamus species) -- University of British Columbia

Spruce Limb Borer (Opsimus quadrilineatus) -- University of British Columbia

Timberworm (Ergates spiculatus) -- University of British Columbia

White-Spotted Sawyer (Monochamus scutellatus) -- Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet No. 74


Marine Wood Borers

Gribbles (Limnoria lignorum) -- University of British Columbia

Shipworms (Bankia setacea) -- University of British Columbia

Teredoes (Teredo navalis) -- University of British Columbia


Pitch Moths (Sesiidae {Aegeriidae})

Sequoia Pitch Moth -- Natural Resources Canada

  Sequoia Pitch Moth -- Oregon Dept. of Forestry, Forest Health Note


Powderpost Beetles (Anobiidae, Bostrichidae, & Lyctidae)

Furniture Beetle (Anobium punctatum) -- University of British Columbia

Pacific Powderpost Beetle (Hemicoelus gibbicollis) -- University of British Columbia

Powderpost Beetles (Lyctus spp.) -- University of British Columbia


Termites (Isoptera)

Pacific Dampwood Termite (Zootermopsis angusticollis) -- University of British Columbia

Western Subterranean Termite (Reticulitermes hesperus) -- University of British Columbia


Weevils (Curculionidae)

Poplar-and-Willor Borer -- Natural Resources Canada

Poplar-Willow Borer (Cryptorhynchus lapathi) -- University of British Columbia


Wood Wasps & Horntails (Siricidae)

Blue Horntail (Sirex cyaneux) -- University of British Columbia

  Sirex Woodwasp -- USDA FS risk map and other info (website)

Sirex Woodwasp -- USDA FS website

Wood Wasps & Horntails -- University of California IPM Online



Quick links to other pages of our on-line catalog:
  Western Forest Diseases:
[mistletoes] [root diseases] [rots & decays] [foliage diseases] [cankers]
[rusts] [seedling diseases] [general]
Western Forest Insects:
[bark beetles | wood borers] [defoliators] [seed & cone insects]
[shoot, twig, & terminal insects] [sucking insects] [general]

This webpage was last updated on May 31, 2010.

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