🌲🪲 What You’re Seeing: Pine Beetle Larvae – A Silent Threat to Pine Trees These tiny white grubs may not look dangerous, but they’re pine beetle larvae, and they burrow beneath the bark, cutting off a tree’s ability to move water and nutrients. Left untreated, they can kill the tree from the inside out. Signs of Infestation to Watch For: 🟠 Pitch tubes (little sap blobs on the trunk) 🪵 Sawdust at the base of the tree 🍂 Needles turning yellow, then rusty red 🌀 “S-shaped” tunnels under the ba

Mariposa County residents frustrated by dead, piling trees as crews clear bark beetle infestation