The
European spruce bark beetle (
Ips typographus), is a species of
bark beetle in the true weevil family,
Curculionidae. It is found in Europe and Asia Minor and east to China, Japan, North Korea and South Korea. Bark beetles are so named because they reproduce in the inner bark, living and dead
phloem tissues, of trees. Their preferred trees in which to reside include
spruces,
firs,
pines and
larches. The species has the ability to spread quickly over large areas and some scientists hypothesize that long-distance movements originating from the
Iberian Peninsula may have contributed to its invasion of northern
Norway spruce forests. This female European spruce bark beetle was photographed in
Naninne in the province of
Namur, Belgium.
Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus
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