Dendroctonus rufipennis

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Dendroctonus rufipennis - 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"

spruce bark beetle

Dendroctonus, genus Dendroctonus - genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers

bark beetle - small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils

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