The fir engraver beetle (Scolytus ventralis), a member of the bark beetle family, causes high mortality in white fir stands. From Wordnik.com. [White fir] Reference
The bark boring beetle (Scolytus) has been reported as destructive to hickories in some sections, the trees dying as a result of depredations of the larvae of this beetle. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
I might say on the Scolytus matter, that I have conferred with Professor Comstock, who has been kind enough to say he would place the matter in the hands of one of his assistants, who will present to the society the latest we have on that subject; and in the event of a committee being appointed, I would suggest that that person, Professor Herrick, be made the chairman of that committee. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
The master engravers are probably Birch bark beetles, Scolytus ratzeburgi Janson. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds)] Reference
The beetles of various cylindrical Bark borers and Blight beetles (Tomicus and Scolytus) appear again this month. From Wordnik.com. [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference
Scolytus quadrispinosus. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of Trees] Reference
Labels: beetle, birch bark beetle, Scolytus, trees. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds)] Reference
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