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Insects and Damage

Josef Brunner, a Bavarian with forestry training, was hired by A.D. Hopkins in 1909 to investigate forest insects in the northern Rocky Mountains. A (view photo). This braconid parasite of the Douglas-fir beetle was named Coeloides brunneri after him; however, it is now a synonym of C. vancouverensis. B (above). A clearwing pitch moth, Vespemima sequoiae. Brunner studied this and other pitch moths beleiving that the pitch flowing from injury caused by mining by its caterpillars contributed to forest fires. Brunner was often at odds with Forest Service officials regarding the relative importance of insects and fire. A. Photo by Roger B. Ryan. B. By M. Furniss. (Furniss 2003, Fig 3A & 9A).

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