Another one bites the dust...

And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust... Dang pine beetles are a menace to the loblolly pines here. Shot in monochrome mode - no conversion.

[LManning (Laura)]

Circle of life and all that I guess…always sad when one comes down.

[Mags]

@ljmanning Yes. Between the heat stress of summer and lack of the right amount of rain, the pine beetles just had to binge.

[Danette Thompson]

Sorry about your beetles!

[Diana]

So sad, can you do nothing about the beetles? It sure gave you a great photo op with the lovely lighting.

[moni kozi]

Woooow... terrible. I've seen the outcomes of the friggin' beetles. Doing so much damage...

[haskar]

Lovely dappled light.

[Susan Wakely]

Oh dear.

[Brian]

😢

[Mags]

@danette Yeah. They're pretty devastating.

@ludwigsdiana I wish there was something that could be done. Thank you, Diana.

@monikozi Yes. They've been bad for the past few years.

@haskar Thank you very much, Haskar.

@wakelys Yeah. =(

@briaan Not a good thing.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely lighting.

[Bucktree]

Lovely b&w capture and dappled light. A good song, but too bad it’s at the expense of the pine trees.

[Mags]

@mittens Thanks, Marilyn.

@dkellogg Thank you so much, David. Yeah. We need more wood peckers around to eat them up.

[Corinne C]

Gorgeous light. So sad about the trees

[Mags]

@corinnec Thank you very much, Corinne. Send some woodpeckers down here to eat them. =)

[Larry Steager]

Sorry that you are losing trees, very nice capture.

[Mags]

@larrysphotos Thank you, Larry.

[Renee Salamon]

Oh nooo, who would have thought beetles can do so much damage

[Mags]

@rensala For the past several years, the entire southeast has been plagued by the pine beetles. They say it's because of drought and heat stress on the pines.