An Online Catalog of
Western Forest Insects and Diseases

Bark Beetles
Other Critters & Cruds


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Bark Beetles

Bark Beetles (general + other)

Bark Beetles and Wood Borers USDA FS, SW Oregon FHP Service Center (html)

description, life cycles, impacts, management strategies, surveys -- B.C. Ministry of Forests (html)

FAQs about Bark Beetles -- Southwest Colorada Fire Info (website)

  Guidelines for Thinning Ponderosa Pine... -- Tom DeGomez, Univ. of AZ (9.9 MB pdf, 7 p., March 2006)

Poster: Fires, Bark Beetles, & Healthy Forests (804 K, 36" x 38"; May 2003) or the Oct.2002 draft version (326 KB)

Poster: Western Bark Beetles (53" x 34", 1.1 MB; April 2002) or Report


Cedar Bark Beetles (Phloeosinus spp.)

Cedar Bark Beetles -- University of British Columbia (html)

Redwood Bark Beetle -- HForest, Canadian Forest Service (html)

Western Cedar Borer -- HForest, Canadian Forest Service (html)


Douglas-fir Beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae)

Douglas-fir Beetle -- Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet No. 5 (PDF)

Douglas-fir Beetle -- HForest, Canadian Forest Service (html)

Douglas-fir Beetle -- Oregon Dept. of Forestry, Forest Health Note (pdf)

  Douglas-fir Beetle -- USDA FS, SW Oregon FHP Service Center (html)

Douglas-fir Beetle -- University of British Columbia (html)

Douglas-fir Beetle -- WA State University Forest Health Note (html)

Ground Checking Aerial Survey Polygons Identified as Douglas-fir Beetle Caused Damage in Washington in 2001 -- Ripley and other (pdf poster)

aerial detection data for B.C. -- download-able files by year

hazard rating, risk rating, ground detection, management options -- B.C. Ministry of Forests (html)


Fir Engraver (Scolytus ventralis)

Engraver Beetles -- HForest, Canadian Forest Service (html)

Fir Engraver -- Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet No. 13 (pdf)

Fir Engraver -- Nevada Div. of Forestry (html)

Fir Engraver -- University of British Columbia (html)

  Fir Engraver -- USDA FS, SW Oregon FHP Service Center (html)

Fir Engraver (Scolytus ventralis) -- WA State University Forest Health Note (html)

Fir Engraver Beetle -- Oregon Dept. of Forestry, Forest Health Note (pdf)


Jeffrey Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus jeffreyi)

Jeffrey Pine Beetle -- Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet No. 11 (html)

Jeffrey Pine Beetle -- Nevada Div. of Forestry (html)


Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae)

Mountain Pine Beetle (pdf) (or html) -- Colorado State University

Mountain Pine Beetle -- Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet No. 2 (html)

Mountain Pine Beetle -- HForest, Canadian Forest Service (html)

Mountain Pine Beetle -- Nevada Div. of Forestry (html)

Mountain Pine Beetle -- Oregon Dept. of Forestry, Forest Health Note (pdf)

Mountain Pine Beetle -- University of British Columbia (html)

Mountain Pine Beetle -- USDA FS, SW Oregon FHP Service Center (html)

Mountain Pine Beetle -- WA State University Forest Health Note (html)

  Mountain Pine Beetle Website -- CFS, Pacific Forestry Centre (html)

animated tree mortality maps -- OR & WA, 1980 to present

aerial detection data for B.C. -- download-able files by year

hazard rating, risk rating, ground detection, management options -- B.C. Ministry of Forests (html)


Pine Engravers (Ips species)

California Fivespined Ips -- Oregon Dept. of Forestry, Forest Health Note (pdf)

Engraver Beetle -- University of British Columbia (html)

Ips perturbatus -- USDA FS, Alaska Region (html)

Pine Engraver Beetle -- Oregon Dept. of Forestry Forest Health Note (pdf)

  Pine Engraver Beetles -- USDA FS, SW Oregon FHP Service Center (html)

Pine Engravers, Ips pini (Say), in the Western United States -- Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet No. 122 (PDF)

Pine Engraver -- WA State University Forest Health Note (html)

Pinon Ips Beetle -- Nevada Div. of Forestry (html)


Pseudohlyesinus Beetles (Pseudohylesinus species)

Secondary Bark Beetles -- University of British Columbia (html)


Red Turpentine Beetle (Dendroctonus valens)

  Red Turpentine Beetle -- Oregon Dept. of Forestry, Forest Health Note (pdf)

Red Turpentine Beetle -- Nevada Div. of Forestry (html)

Red Turpentine Beetle -- USDA FS, SW Oregon FHP Service Center (html)

Red Turpentine Beetle -- WA State University Forest Health Note (html)


Roundheaded Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus adjunctus)

Roundheaded Pine Beetle -- Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet No. 155 (PDF)


Smaller European Elm Bark Beetle (Scolytus multistriatus)

Dutch Elm Beetle -- University of British Columbia (html)


Spruce Beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis)

Spruce Beetle -- Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet No. 127 (html)

Spruce Beetle -- HForest, Canadian Forest Service (html)

Spruce Beetle -- University of British Columbia (html)

  Spruce Beetle -- USDA FS, SW Oregon FHP Service Center (html)

Spruce Beetle Expert System -- USDA FS, Pacific Northwest Region

aerial detection data for B.C. -- download-able files by year

hazard rating, risk rating, ground detection, management options -- B.C. Ministry of Forests (html)


Western Balsam Bark Beetle (Dryocoetes confusus)

Western Balsam Bark Beetle -- HForest, Canadian Forest Service (html)

  Western Balsam Bark Beetle -- University of British Columbia (html)

Impacts of Western Balsam Bark Beetle on Forest Conditions of the Bighorn National Forest -- McMillin and other (pdf poster)

Western balsam bark beetle use of spruce-fir blowndown in Wyoming -- Allen and other (pdf poster)


Western Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus brevicomis)

Western Pine Beetle (html) or (pdf ) -- Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet No. 1 (html)

Western Pine Beetle -- Nevada Div. of Forestry (html)

Western Pine Beetle -- Oregon Dept. of Forestry, Forest Health Note (pdf)

Western Pine Beetle -- University of British Columbia (html)

Western Pine Beetle -- USDA FS, SW Oregon FHP Service Center (html)

  Western Pine Beetle -- WA State University Forest Health Note (html)

Western Pine Beetle -- WPB in Southwest Colorado (pdf)



Quick links to other pages of our on-line catalog:
  Western Forest Diseases:
[mistletoes] [root diseases] [rots & decays] [foliage diseases] [cankers]
[rusts] [seedling diseases] [general]
Western Forest Insects:
[bark beetles | wood borers] [defoliators] [seed & cone insects]
[shoot, twig, & terminal insects] [sucking insects] [general]

This webpage was last updated on September 11, 2007.

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