European Spruce Bark Beetle

Common name: European spruce bark beetle

Native To: Europe

Date of U.S. Introduction: Not currently established in the U.S.

Images: Invasive.org and Google

Means of Introduction: Has been detected on imported solid wood packing material

Impact: Attacks trees in the genera Picea (spruce), Abies (fir), Pinus (pine), and Larix (larch), and may serve as a vector for some fungal pathogens

Current U.S. Distribution: Not currently established in the U.S.

• U.S. Forest Service Risk Maps
• EPPO Worldwide Distribution Map

Management Plans: Animals / European Spruce Bark Beetle

Selected Internet Resources:

• Federal Government
• State Government
• University/Academic
• International
• Organizations

Federal Government

Ips typographus Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Research; Special Note: NAL Catalog Search (resources)

European Spruce Bark Beetle Risk Maps
USDA. Forest Service. Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team.
Impacts; Distribution

European Spruce Bark Beetle
Purdue University. Indiana Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Program.
Photographs; Impacts; Distribution

Field Guide to Exotic Pests and Diseases: European Spruce Bark Beetle
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry (Australia). Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution

European Spruce Bark Beetle - Ips typographus L.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Legal Aspects

Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests: Ips typographus (PDF | 42 KB)
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Impacts; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Special Note: Bibliography

Ips typographus - Eight toothed European Spruce Bark Beetle (PDF | 1.9 MB)
Great Britain Forestry Commission. Forestry Research Co-ordination Committee.
Identification/Description; Photographs

European Spruce Bark Beetle
Natural Resources Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Forest Invasive Alien Species.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle

European spruce bark beetle
Pests and Diseases Image Library (Australia).
Identification/Description; Photographs

European Spruce Bark Beetle - The Atlas of Forest Insect Pests (1996)
BugwoodWiki.
Produced by: The Polish Forest Research Institute.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Controls

Possible New Introduction: European Spruce Bark Beetle
Bark and Wood Boring Beetles of the World.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Illustrations; Impacts; Special Note: See also European Spruce Bark Beetle Screening Aid

Ecology and Management of the Spruce Bark Beetle Ips typographus - A Review of Recent Research (Jun 2004; PDF | 235 KB)
Forest Ecology and Management Journal.
Impacts; Habitat; Life Cycle; Dispersion; Controls

European Spruce Bark Beetle
Invasive.org.
Photographs