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Hello, I found this branch last spring.
It looks like it contains traces of different bark beetles.
I can clearly see only one mating system with a nuptial chamber and others without the chamber.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Best regards
Antonella
Answer
Hello,I think it is a species of the genus Pityogenes, probably P. bidntatus or P. quadridens.Best regardsJozef Vakula
Hello,
could you please help me to identify the little pest that left these galleries?
Thank you very much in Advance.
Best regards,
Antonella
Answer
Hello,even though the galleries are old, I think it is Pityokteines vorontzowi. It is possible to confuse it with the species Pityophthorus pityographus, which has longer maternal tunnels and density larval tunnels.Best regardsJozef Vakula
Hi, in this branch there are two types of traces.
Could you tell me which kind of insects left them?
Thank you very much!
Best regards
Antonella
Answer
Dear Antonella. The gallery with long tunnels looks like from Pityogenes bidentatus (commom on pine) and the third pictures looks like gallery created by Buprestidae family, I guess Anthaxia spp. See these species in our atlas or just Google it. Best regards, Juraj
Hi, this is a piece of wood that I found on the ground. In a coniferous forests (pine, fir). Thank you in advance. Best regards Antonella
Answer
Hello,the pictures show the galleries of long horne beetles (Cerambycidae). Probably species from the genus Tetropiu, e.g. Tetropiu fuscum. These are species whose larvae live on dead or weakened coniferous trees.Nice photos.
Best regardsJozef Vakula
Hi, this is a piece of wood that I found on the ground, in a decidous forest (mostly Fagus sylvatica, Castanea sativa) of the Appenine.
Thank you in advance.
Best regards
Antonella
Answer
Dear Antonella. On the pictures is gallery on ash tree. See this species in our atlas + video https://www.forestpests.eu/pest/hylesinus-varius-fraxini . All the best, Juraj
Hi, this is a piece of wood that I found on the ground, maybe pine or fir.
Answer
Hello,nice photos. The galleries probably belong to the species Pityophthorus pityographus, which is a polyphagous species. It is abundant in forests. It is not a pest, it develops on dead wood.Best regardsJozef Vakula