{"id":12793,"date":"2020-02-13T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T15:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/large-elm-bark-beetle\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T12:04:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T11:04:02","slug":"large-elm-bark-beetle","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/large-elm-bark-beetle\/","title":{"rendered":"Large elm bark beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text el_id=”topentry” el_class=”topentry”]The large elm bark beetle is a 4 to 6 mm black-brown beetle from the bark beetle family. There is also a small elm bark beetle (Scolytus multistriatus)<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text el_id=”entrytxt” el_class=”entrytxt” css=”.vc_custom_1581606525680{padding-left: 20px !important;}”]Also known as:<\/em>
\nLarger European elm bark beetle[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1532162142715{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”5421″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”img_link_large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1532162092980{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_class=”entrytxt”](Large) elm bark beetle<\/strong> (Scolytus scolytus)<\/em> is a 4 to 6 mm black-brown beetle in the bark beetle family (Scolytinae)<\/em>. There is also a small elm bark beetle (Scolytus multistriatus)<\/em>.
\nThe elm bark beetle is common in Europe. The larva lives on dead and sick trees and is responsible for the spread of the fungus of Ophiostoma Ulmi<\/em>, the fungus that causes Dutch elm disease<\/a>. Females lay eggs under the bark of dead or diseased elms. The larvae from the eggs live off the wood. The beetle that emerges from the larva eats its way out through the trunk of the tree, taking with it the sticky fungus, which can infect a subsequent tree.
\nThe larva of the elm bark beetle is white and has a C-shaped body with an orange head. The larva makes intricate structures under the bark of the tree. The larva overwinters as a pupa.
\nYoung beetles<\/a> eat the buds of young shoots of elms. Any fungus infect the tree through the holes made by the beetles.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Where to find” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1537946500082{background-color: #536895 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_id=”entrytxt” el_class=”entrytxt” css=”.vc_custom_1677668635090{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n