This image provided by the USDA Forest Service shows a southern pine beetle completing metamorphosis into an adult at Kisatchie National Forest, in Pineville, La., Sept. 20, 2013. Louisiana officials say that dead pine trees, weakened by last summer’s drought and hungry beetles, are a major public safety concern and legislators on Louisiana's House Emergency Beetle Subcommittee gathered for their first meeting on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, to try to come up with solutions. (Erich Vallery/USDA Forest Service via AP, File)