Bark beetle n. (Zool.) A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage.
... Engelmann spruce beetle has devastated many forests of the Rocky Mountains. The Black Hills beetle has killed billions of feet of marketable timber in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The hickory bark beetle, the Douglas fir beetle and the larch worm have ... — The School Book of Forestry • Charles Lathrop Pack
... breath. He had heard enough of the ravages of the bark beetle to know what it might mean if it once secured a strong ... — The Boy With the U. S. Foresters • Francis Rolt-Wheeler