Title

The picture shows a deforested area in the Sauerland. You can see tree stumps. In the foreground are several dead spruce trees

Caption

The picture shows a deforested area in the Sauerland. You can see tree stumps. In the foreground are several dead spruce trees (Picea abies) . The trees died because they were infested by the bark beetle. Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruethen

Date

Apr 16, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rainer Schlepphorst

Reference

BRK23B28_039

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34,5Mb (2,4Mb) / 14,2in x 9,4in / 4256 x 2832 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bark beetle Bark beetles Beetle Beetles Central Europe Coleoptera Curculionidae Europe Europe's European spruce FRG German German Federal Republic Germany Insect Insecta Insects Middle Europe No People Norway spruce Picea Picea abies Pinaceae Republic of Germany Ruethen Sauerland Scolytinae Snout beetle Spruce Spruce tree Spruces Weevil Weevils animal animals area areas bug bunch of conifer coniferous coniferous tree conifers dead deforested deserted empty habitat image indicate infested multiple natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody pest pests picture pictures point pointing see seeing several show space stalk stalks stem stump tree tree stump tree stumps trees uninhabited vermin wildlife photography Conifer Coniferales Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia NRW North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia Pinales bald bare barren fauna wildlife