Insights

Here you will find species -specific insights on forestry -specific pests and current issues related to, among other things, monitoring of insect damage, factors affecting the destruction and future prospects.

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...