EXTENSIVE TREE DEATHS UNCOVERED IN ESTONIA KOKO Forest’s innovative technology revealed 2.5 million dead trees in 3.2 million hectares of Estonian forests, battling the destructive European spruce bark beetle. Estonia’s lush forests face a severe threat from the European spruce bark beetle, a tiny but devastating invader. Estonia is not alone with this ecological crisis....
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The six-spined spruce bark beetle
THE SIX-SPINED SPRUCE BARK BEETLE The six-spined spruce bark beetle (Pityogenes chalcographus L.) is two millimetres long dark brown bark beetle. It is our most common bark beetle species, and it occurs throughout the country. Unlike the European spruce bark beetle that uses Norway spruce as a host, the six-spined spruce bark beetle can also...
Spruce bark beetle
THE EUROPEAN SPRUCE BARK BEETLE European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) is around half centimeter long dark brown bark beetle. The species is endemic to Finland, and it is ecologically significant. For forest owners the European spruce bark beetle causes economic losses by drying Norway spruce trees (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in the span...