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Mountain Pine Beetle and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Co-culturing
We ran the beetle transfer experiments not only with the mountain pine beetle, but also with the white pine weevil. Here we are getting the beetles from a generous benefactor.
The White Pine Weevil.
Next came the fun part! We followed the beetle transfer protocol (see 'protocols'), transferring the beetle to the yeast plates, followed by placing on a clean plate.
The deadly Mountain Pine Beetle!
The MPB on a yeast plate.
The beetles appeared to try to get the yeast off their backs by rolling around.
We noticed a brown spot on one of the beetles, and wanted to get a closer look. It turned out to be nothing, but then we heard we might see a mite! Alina searched long and hard for a mite, and found this beauty on one of the beetles.
Dung beetles
