bark beetle

/bɑrk ˌbidl/

Other forms: bark beetles

Definitions of bark beetle

1. noun

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

   Dutch-elm beetle, Scolytus multistriatus

   a vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease

   Dendroctonus rufipennis, spruce bark beetle

   small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree

   type of:

   beetle

   insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings