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I wonder if there’s another compound out in nature that, from the point of view of the beetle, looks like cantharidin, and they’re getting faked out. – Dan Young	Found on CNN 1 year ago
A giant sequoia that was weakened by drought was then subject to impacts by the bark beetle, which then further weakened the tree and made it more susceptible to mortality from fire. – Sam Hodder	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Although Silesaurus appears to have ingested numerous individuals of Triamyxa coprolithica, the beetle was likely too small to have been the only targeted prey, instead, Triamyxa likely shared its habitat with larger beetles, which are represented by disarticulated remains in the coprolites, and other prey, which never ended up in the coprolites in a recognizable shape. So it seems likely that Silesaurus was omnivorous, and that a part of its diet was comprised of insects. – Martin Qvarnström	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Within a few weeks, it's completely reversed, and we're now dealing with drought, it'll also have a major impact on the forest and on bark beetle infestation. – Ursula Heinen-Esser	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
He also ushered in a slew of unique, very personal and eclectic characters for DC such as the Question, Blue Beetle, Hawk and Dove and more, polite and unassuming -- he never sought attention or the limelight but in many ways represented the hidden hero he saw in all of us. #RIPsteveditko. – Jim Lee	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The problem is that several years ago there was an outbreak of bark beetle and it got worse, the only way to solve the problem is to cut down affected trees. This was not done and so the (infestation) spread. – Anna Malinowska	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
An attempt to fight the bark beetle with a chainsaw and an ax will bring more damage than benefits. – Robert Cyglicki	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In the area of the national park, no one has fought the beetle since 1921. – Czeslaw Okolow	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God, at the end of its calculations will find written on a sheet of paper in letters of fire that energy is equal to the mass multiplied by the square of the velocity of light. The new kings of the world will live tranquilly for a long time, confining themselves to devouring each other and being parasites among each other on a cottage industry scale. – Primo Levi	added by anonymous 10 years ago
There is no virtue in being uncritical nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics. – Richard Livingstone	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. – Moorish Proverb	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I wonder if there’s another compound out in nature that, from the point of view of the beetle, looks like cantharidin, and they’re getting faked out.

– Dan Young

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A giant sequoia that was weakened by drought was then subject to impacts by the bark beetle, which then further weakened the tree and made it more susceptible to mortality from fire.

– Sam Hodder

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Although Silesaurus appears to have ingested numerous individuals of Triamyxa coprolithica, the beetle was likely too small to have been the only targeted prey, instead, Triamyxa likely shared its habitat with larger beetles, which are represented by disarticulated remains in the coprolites, and other prey, which never ended up in the coprolites in a recognizable shape. So it seems likely that Silesaurus was omnivorous, and that a part of its diet was comprised of insects.

– Martin Qvarnström

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Within a few weeks, it's completely reversed, and we're now dealing with drought, it'll also have a major impact on the forest and on bark beetle infestation.

– Ursula Heinen-Esser

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

He also ushered in a slew of unique, very personal and eclectic characters for DC such as the Question, Blue Beetle, Hawk and Dove and more, polite and unassuming -- he never sought attention or the limelight but in many ways represented the hidden hero he saw in all of us. #RIPsteveditko.

– Jim Lee

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The problem is that several years ago there was an outbreak of bark beetle and it got worse, the only way to solve the problem is to cut down affected trees. This was not done and so the (infestation) spread.

– Anna Malinowska

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

An attempt to fight the bark beetle with a chainsaw and an ax will bring more damage than benefits.

– Robert Cyglicki

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In the area of the national park, no one has fought the beetle since 1921.

– Czeslaw Okolow

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God, at the end of its calculations will find written on a sheet of paper in letters of fire that energy is equal to the mass multiplied by the square of the velocity of light. The new kings of the world will live tranquilly for a long time, confining themselves to devouring each other and being parasites among each other on a cottage industry scale.

– Primo Levi

added by anonymous
10 years ago

There is no virtue in being uncritical nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.

– Richard Livingstone

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.

– Moorish Proverb

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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