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Notes on controlling bark beetles:

Clerid beetles. Thanasmius dubius. Photo by Terry Price, Georgia Forestry Commission (Forestry Images).

Clerids can consume 100-150 southern pine beetles (Dendroctonus frontalis) per day. They are about 5% effective on endemic populations of mountain pine beetles. USDA Forest Service Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org