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How to protect your trees from bark beetles
As Colorado experiences its signature whiplash weather, arborists are warning that stressed trees are more vulnerable to pests and diseases.Peel back the bark, and you may find a predator in your trees."See all that tunneling?" asked arborist Mike Dwyer, while pulling back the bark of a pine tree.Bark beetles attack trees by tunneling in, laying eggs and bringing in a fungus that clogs the tree's vascular system."It's heartbreaking, it's heartbreaking because we've got at least three that are completely dead now," said Parker landowner Jim Lusko.Lusko first noticed something was wrong in September."The tips of the trees turning brown, the...
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