Mountain Pine Beetle are a species native to Western North America, predominately living and attacking lodgepole and ponderosa pine trees at lower elevations as the Rocky Mountains and Cascades were too cold for their survival.
Mountain Pine Beetle are a species native to Western North America. Prior to climatic and temperature changes, the mountain pine beetle predominately lived and attacked lodgepole and ponderosa pine trees at lower elevations, as the higher elevation Rocky Mountains and Cascades were too cold for their survival.