19 October 2020 Luca Deganutti, graduated in Forestry and Environmental Sciences at the University of Padua. The Pramosio forest in Paluzza (Udine), where the Ips typographus has attacked some marginal plants. The trees on the ground are designated victims for the Ips typographus, a parasite beetle that feeds on the European spruce’s wood, normally from trees that are either dead or about to die. At first sight it can look innocuous: it’s 5 millimeters long, of cylindrical shape and brown color, with yellow and orange hues. Yet, if not confronted timely, the Ips typographus can move from dead trees to those that are still standing, jeopardising the same existence of a forest. Preventing this from happening is one of the main challenges that researchers and communities are currently working on. The subject is posing.