Alaska Beetles Survive Unearthly Temperatures
![Red flat bark beetles in adult, left, and larval stages lie on a piece of bark. Photo by Ned Rozell Alaska Beetles Survive Unearthly Temperatures](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/bark-beetles-resized-600x37.jpg)
As we pull on our winter coats to shield our tropical bodies from the cold, there is a creature in our midst that survives Alaska’s coldest temperatures bare-naked. The red flat bark beetle lives as far north as there are balsam poplar trees in Alaska, hunkering down for the winter in the moist area between […]