Invertebrates of Yellowstone National Park
The 2 invertebrates you can find at Yellowstone National Park, like the Mountain pine beetle — sizes, diets, and whether you should worry.
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Invertebrate Mountain pine beetle
Dendroctonus ponderosae
A beetle about the size of a grain of rice that tunnels under pine bark and can turn a mountainside red at Yellowstone, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain.
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Invertebrate Yellowstone brine fly
Ephydra bruesi
A small fly that lives in Yellowstone's hot runoff channels, walking on water close to the boiling point that would kill almost anything else.