Well done! Brings me back to a time when Saturday mornings were really special. And thank you for recognizing the bark beetle taxonomists and the contribution they make for keeping the country safe.

Nice pictures!

Universities will have to adjust their expectations by using other metrics to measure productivity or extending tenure clocks. But the whole situation is just depressing.

I agree. That is a nice discovery!

Perhaps near P. carinulatus: www.barkbeetles.info/amer_pix_tar...

Neat species. My guess is Pityophthorus. There are a few chunky species.

Glad to see that there's a healthy population. I picked up several dead ones in La Carolina back in 1996.