Pine Shoot Beetle Tomicus piniperda Bark beetle native to Europe and Asia, now infesting pines in Lake States, New England and parts of Maryland Additional Resources MISC Invader of the Month press release. November 2010 Common Pine Shoot Beetle (Pest Alert). USDA Forest Service Pine Shoot Beetle Quarantine in Maryland. MD Department of Agriculture Key to Help Screen Tomicus piniperda. Bugwood Site

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