Clear felled area after attack from noxious insect on spruce fir.

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Mealy bugs are sucking sap from the needles on the spruce tree. The honey dew on the needles invites smut fungus to grow on the needle surface and cut off the light and the photosynthesis. The needle s die and so the tree.

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Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Sövdeborg,Scania,Skåne,Sweden
Photo credit: © Göran Gustafson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: birch, bug, clear-cutting, fir, forest, forestry, grass, inopinatus, insect, mealy, physokermes, road, scale, scania, skåne, spruce, sweden