Sentences with phrase «beetle kill in the areas»

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«The problem with the Asian longhorned beetle is that whenever they attack an area, they like to nest — the nickname is «the lazy beetle» and that's a problem because then it doesn't just affect the tree and move on, it kills the tree, and if it gets in all the trees in an area, then it can wipe out an entire area of trees,» said Celine Martinez, one of the students working on the project.

And second, when fires do occur in an area with beetle - killed trees, will it burn more severely?

The Hart study looked at the effects of mountain pine beetles across forests in the Western U.S. (excluding Alaska) and found definitively that the area burned has not increased because of beetle - killed trees.

Spruce and pine bark beetles have recently infested vast areas of forest in North America, killing huge numbers of trees.