Scribbly gum

I see that today happens to be my 1200th blip. No special milestone but a nice round number anyway. Scribbly gum is a name given to a variety of different Australian Eucalyptus trees which play host to the larvae of scribbly gum moths which leave distinctive scribbly burrowing patterns on the bark.

These zigzag tracks are tunnels made by the larvae of the scribbly gum moth and follow the insect's life cycle.

Being that we are in the Adelaide region this tree is most likely Eucalyptus obliqua. However many other Eucalyptus trees have scribbles and are not known as "scribbly gums".

Question to my blip friends outside Australia, do any trees in your local area suffer bark burrowing pattern similar to this example?

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