Dendroctonus ponderosae (Mountain Pine Beetle) 2 Dendroctonus ponderosae (Mountain Pine Beetle) 2 The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae, is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America from Mexico to central British Columbia. It has a hard black exoskeleton, and measures approximately 5 mm, about the size of a grain of rice. In western North America, the current outbreak of the mountain pine beetle and its microbial associates has destroyed wide areas of lodgepole pine forest. Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, bark beetle 2009-01-01 image/svg+xml Dendroctonus ponderosae (Mountain Pine Beetle) 2 2009-01-01 Integration and Application Network https://ian.umces.edu/media-library/dendroctonus-ponderosae-mountain-pine-beetle-2/ https://ian.umces.edu/media-library/dendroctonus-ponderosae-mountain-pine-beetle-2/ en-US Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, bark beetle The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae, is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America from Mexico to central British Columbia. It has a hard black exoskeleton, and measures approximately 5 mm, about the size of a grain of rice. In western North America, the current outbreak of the mountain pine beetle and its microbial associates has destroyed wide areas of lodgepole pine forest.