page_title: Dendroctonus micans
section_title: Hosts
hierarchical_section_title: Dendroctonus micans / Hosts
caption_attribution_description: Picea orientalis killed by Dendroctonus micans (Coleoptera - Curculionidae - Scolytinae) in Turkey
context_page_description: Dendroctonus micans, the great spruce bark beetle, is a species of bark beetle native to the coniferous forests of Europe and Asia. The beetles burrow into the bark of spruce trees and lay eggs which develop into larvae that feed on the woody layers under the bark.
context_section_description: The great spruce bark beetle mainly infests spruce trees, genus Picea, but it will also attack Scots pine and several other species of Pinus, silver fir, Nordmann fir, Siberian fir, Douglas fir, and European larch.
caption: Oriental spruce killed by D. micans
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