A bark beetle is the common name for the subfamily of beetles Scolytinae. Previously, this was considered a distinct family, but is now understood to be a specialized clade of the "true weevil" family
Mountain pine beetles killed these lodgepole pine trees in Prince George, British Columbia.
Effects of bark beetle in the Bavarian Forest
Bark beetle gallery engraving the sapwood
The mountain pine beetle is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America from Mexico to central British Columbia. It has a hard black exoskeleton, and measures approximately
A lodgepole pine tree infested by the mountain pine beetle, with visible pitch tubes
Trees damaged by mountain pine beetles in Yellowstone National Park
A lodgepole pine tree with a pitch tube