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spruce bark beetle (n)
small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree
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small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree
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The spruce bark beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) is an invasive pest that has decimated millions of spruce trees in North America.
Spruce bark beetles bore into the bark of trees and lay their eggs, which hatch into larvae that feed on the tree's inner tissue.
The beetles disrupt the tree's ability to transport water and nutrients, causing it to weaken and eventually die.
The spruce bark beetle prefers to attack mature spruce trees, but will also infest younger trees if given the opportunity.
