Scolytus beetle damage in a dead elm, Ham Lands (2)
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Scolytus beetle damage in a dead elm, Ham Lands (2)
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 4 Mar 2013
There are many elms along this stretch of the Thames towpath, many of them dead, while those still alive are in poor condition. The photo shows the 'galleries' excavated by the vector of Dutch Elm Disease - the beetle Scolytus scolytus. It is said that a central furrow is cut by the adult female, the side galleries being cut by the feeding larvae. The tree - what is left of it - stands in the narrow margin of land between the river and the towpath. For another view see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3358895
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Image Location
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51.444711
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-0.323177