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elm bark beetle

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elm bark beetle
n.
Either of two bark beetles (Scolytus multistriatus or Hylurgopinus rufipes) that transmit the fungus causing Dutch elm disease.


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Among these chemicals, they identified four terpene compounds that could elicit neural responses in the antennae of the elm bark beetle (Hylurgopinus 7utfipes), which is native to North America and is one of the insects that gives the fungus a lift from tree to tree.
Dutch elm fungus turns tree into lure by Science News
However, the elms that lived, but now are dying, represent the greatest threat for a bigger elm bark beetle population and more Dutch elm disease," he says.
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