Bark Beetle Animal Pictures
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The name bark beetle refers to any of the over 2000 species of beetles of the subfamily Scolytinae.
European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus
The name bark beetle is a reference to the fact that many species in this group bore into the bark (the phloem layer) of woody plants.
Small spruce bark beetle Polygraphus poligraphus. Beetles under the bark of spruce
Bark beetles are small bugs with cylindrical bodies. Individuals are hardly larger than a grain of rice.
