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Originally Posted by SuckOnThis
As things warm up, everything for the insects speeds up. With an increase of just two or three degrees Celsius (about four or five degrees Fahrenheit) in average temperatures, some species have doubled their reproduction rates as well as their tree consumption.
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i am not sure about the bark beetle, but for the pine beetle it isn't so much about the increased temperature increasing the insect activity.. it was more the lack of 'cold winters' not being able to kill the larva in the bark of the trees.. so, these bugs just ripped through huge amounts of forest in very little amount of time
oddly enough, it's a whole forest industry of it's own.. 'blue wood'