Dark Western Drywood Termite vs Mountain Pine Beetle

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Dark Western Drywood Termite Mountain Pine Beetle
Scientific Name Incisitermes fruticavus Dendroctonus ponderosae
Order Blattodea Coleoptera
Family Kalotermitidae Curculionidae
Size Workers 5-7 mm, soldiers 6-8 mm 4-7 mm
Habitat Woodlands Forests
Diet Wood Feeders Wood Feeders
Regions Southwestern United States, Sonoran Desert North America
Conservation Not Evaluated Least Concern

Dark Western Drywood Termite

A drywood termite found in arid regions of the southwestern United States. It infests dead wood in desert trees and shrubs.

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Did You Know?

It commonly infests dead wood of palo verde trees and mesquite in the Sonoran Desert.

Mountain Pine Beetle

A small dark brown bark beetle that bores into pine trees to lay eggs beneath the bark. Massive outbreaks have devastated millions of hectares of North American forests.

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Did You Know?

Mountain pine beetles carry blue stain fungi that block water transport in trees, turning the wood a distinctive blue-gray color.