The Common Pine Shoot Beetle is an introduced European bark beetle that tunnels into pine bark to reproduce and then bores into the pith of new shoot tips to mature — causing distinctive drooping 'shot holes' in pine crowns. Introduced via wooden packing material, it is now established in eastern North America. Mass attacks can kill weakened trees.
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