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Pine borer

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(Zool.) any beetle whose larvæ bore into pine trees.

See also: Pine



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We are planning to plant almonds, apples and cherries, as well as an evergreen variant that is resistant to the pine borer.
The beetle, a flatheaded pine borer or Chalcophora mariana, is shiny black and copper in colour and is about three centimetres (about an inch) long.
But the sawmills couldn't keep up, and thousands of logs were dumped into various ponds and lakes where they would be safe from the pine borer, a greedy worm that could riddle a downed tree with holes in a few months.
 
 
 
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