You're up a tree if beetles hit.(LIFE) From: The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) | Date: May 8, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 The Fresno Bee. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Pam Geisel

Bark beetles are among a group of insects that infest mostly conifers, but some broad-leaved trees as well.

There are several hundred species of bark beetles in the United States, but only seven are very common in California. The groups that we need be most concerned about include the red turpentine beetle, which attacks larch, pines, spruce and white fir; the Western pine beetle, which attacks Coulter and Ponderosa pines; the ips or engrave...