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December 11, 2017

Tree-killing beetles return to Alaska

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The Kenai region experienced a resurgence of the spruce bark beetle this year, an insect with a history of causing tree deaths.

The region's last outbreak of spruce bark beetles was in the late 1990s, the Peninsula Clarion reported Tuesday. The beetles bore through spruce bark to eat and lay eggs in the tree's circulatory tissue.


 
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