Back to Search
Start Over
Three-toed Woodpecker.
- Source :
-
Canadian Wildlife . Sep/Oct2023, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p43-43. 5/8p. 1 Color Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 2023
-
Abstract
- BACK DESCRIPTION Small but powerful: About the size of a robin, its three-clawed grip, stout body and sturdy chisel bill enable this medium-sized woodpecker to deliver a surprisingly forceful blow for its diminutive size. That means each woodpecker devours more than 650,000 beetles (including larvae and pupae) in a year, arguably providing the most effective control of the spruce bark beetle, a major pest. Grubs for grub: Adults feed primarily on mountain pine beetles and spruce beetles and their larvae (though during breeding they switch to calorie-rich longhorn beetles). [Extracted from the article]
- Subjects :
- *WOODPECKERS
*MOUNTAIN pine beetle
*CERAMBYCIDAE
*BARK beetles
BEETLE anatomy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1201673X
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Wildlife
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 171861953