Pest Factsheet of Seed-bearing Trees: European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus)
Published: Tue, 26 Mar 2013, 15:49Last updated: Mon, 11 May 2015, 16:58
mature larvae about 5mm long, white, legless, with light brown head. Adults 4-5.5mm long; cylindrical and dark brown to black, with long yellowish hairs on head and sides of body; head is visible from dorsal surface. Rear end of body concave, framed on sides by a raised margin bearing four distinct spikes.
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