Species Insects & ArthropodsPine Engraver Beetle

Pine Engraver Beetle

Ips pini

CommonInsect & Arthropod
Illustration of Pine Engraver Beetle (Ips pini)

The Pine Engraver Beetle is a small bark beetle that engraves characteristic Y or H-shaped galleries in the phloem of pine trees. Males bore into stressed trees and emit aggregation pheromones attracting females; mass attacks can overwhelm and kill even large trees. During outbreak years triggered by drought or wind damage, they are among the most ecologically significant disturbance agents in pine forests.

Habitat
Pine forests throughout North America
Diet
Larvae and adults: phloem tissue of pine trees
How common
Common

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