bark beetle
noun
: any of numerous beetles (family Scolytidae) that bore under the bark of trees both as a larva and as an adult
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In North America, the largest boreal forest gains were concentrated in the northernmost boreal, while any losses corresponded to widespread forest disturbances, including a bark beetle outbreak in British Columbia and wildfires across western Canada and interior Alaska, the researchers said.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026
This particular insect is unusual even among bark beetles.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Of late they have been attacked by a bark beetle, and many are dead or dying.
—Del Mar Historical Society, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
At Yosemite, those include bird populations; the incidence of bark beetles in subalpine forests; and climate trends like temperature, snowpack, and precipitation.
—Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026
This particular insect is unusual even among bark beetles.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Of late they have been attacked by a bark beetle, and many are dead or dying.
—Del Mar Historical Society, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
At Yosemite, those include bird populations; the incidence of bark beetles in subalpine forests; and climate trends like temperature, snowpack, and precipitation.
—Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bark beetle
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“Bark beetle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bark%20beetle. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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