bark beetle eats tree
The name bark beetle refers to any of the over 2000 species of beetles of the subfamily Scolytinae.
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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.
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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.
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