- spruce beetle
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a beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, that feeds on and nests in spruce, pine, and other evergreen trees, sometimes causing extensive damage.
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spruce beetle
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spruce beetle — noun : a beetle that attacks the spruce; especially : any of several bark beetles of the genus Dendroctonus whose larvae feed beneath the bark and often cause severe damage * * * a beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, that feeds on and nests in… … Useful english dictionary
engelmann spruce beetle — noun Usage: usually capitalized E : a very destructive reddish brown or blackish bark beetle (Dendroctonus obesus) that feeds in the cambium of Engelmann spruce * * * Engelmann spruce beetle, a very destructive beetle that attacks the bark of… … Useful english dictionary
sitka spruce beetle — noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st S : a bark beetle (Dendroctonus obesus) the larva of which is a serious pest on Sitka spruce in northwestern No. America … Useful english dictionary
spruce bark beetle — noun small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree the spruce bark beetle is the major tree killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests • Syn: ↑Dendroctonus rufipennis •… … Useful english dictionary
Bark beetle — The unrelated sawyer beetles (Monochamus) and some other wood boring beetle taxa (especially Cucujoidea) are sometimes called bark beetles too. Bark beetles Mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae … Wikipedia
bark beetle — noun small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils • Hypernyms: ↑beetle • Hyponyms: ↑Dutch elm beetle, ↑Scolytus multistriatus, ↑spruce bark beetle, ↑Dendroctonus rufipennis • … Useful english dictionary
Timber beetle — Timber Tim ber, n. [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer, Dan. t[ o]mmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L. domus… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dendroctonus rufipennis — Spruce Beetle Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order … Wikipedia
Dendroctonus — ponderosae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
boreal forest — ▪ northern forest Introduction also called taiga vegetation composed primarily of cone bearing, needle leaved, or scale leaved evergreen trees, found in regions that have long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation. The… … Universalium
