Bugs bark beetles are family of the bugs provided by numerous types. Each representative of this group differs in the sizes in some features of the structure of body. The main food allowance of bark beetles – wood bark. These bugs are among wreckers who do harm to garden cultures.
Species of bugs bark beetles
The group of bark beetles includes several hundreds of types of bugs. Among them there are microscopic representatives who by the size reach only 1 mm. The bugs living in the southern territories can be more than 1 cm. Many types of bark beetles live only on certain areas. For example, tropical bugs never meet in the central territories.
The wrinkled zabolonnik, bug printer, the western unpaired bark beetle, luboyed and apple-tree bark beetle are considered as the most widespread species of bugs bark beetles. Zhuk-luboyed possesses black coloring, and on body short shaggy hairs are well looked through. This bark beetle mainly eats bark of coniferous breeds of trees.
There are types of bugs bark beetles who provide the larvae with food in advance, disseminating in the done courses special disputes of fungi.
Bug printer – small bark beetle which body length exceeds 5 mm a little. The main difference of this bug is its coloring. On black brilliant body light brown or reddish hairs are well visible. Apple-tree bark beetle and wrinkled zabolonnik – bugs who are externally very similar. Their bodies are painted in brown or red-brown color. However the main difference in this case is the food allowance. Apple-tree bark beetle – the inhabitant of gardens who eats bark of fruit-trees and the diet of zabolonnik includes the strongest breeds of trees. Most often the bark beetle-zabolonnika can be met in oak groves.
As bark beetles look
Visually the body of bark beetle reminds may-bug, but with more pronounced head. In shape of the head it is possible to define look and sex of bark beetle. At male on forehead hollows and poles are looked through, and the female possesses convex forehead with quite large outgrowths. By the size of female exceed males.
It is remarkable that it is possible to determine species of bark beetle by the done courses. Each kind of these bugs leaves behind different "drawings".
Color coloring of bugs bark beetles can change depending on the territory of its dwelling. Tropical bugs possess long paws, mustache and mainly black coloring. Bugs who live in temperate climate – brown, with short mustache and paws. Distinctive feature of all bark beetles – availability on short moustaches of pronounced pin in the form of ball. At early stages of life it is quite difficult to distinguish bark beetles on external signs. The fact is that these bugs always are born white. Their coloring changes only over time. It is possible to determine kind of bug only by breed of tree on which he lives. Each group of bark beetles eats certain types of bark.