Scolytus+multistriatus

Scolytus multistriatus
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=Scientific Name: Scolytus //multistriatus// =

Elm Bark Beetle
﻿Taxonomic Hierarchy: ﻿  Domain ~ Eukaryota  ﻿ Kingdom ~ Animalia  ﻿ Phylum ~ Arthropoda  ﻿ Class ~ Insecta  ﻿ Order ~ Coleoptera  ﻿ Family ~ Curculionidae  ﻿ Genus ~ Scolytus  ﻿ Species ~ Multistriatus ﻿Discription: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> ﻿ The Elm Bark Beetle is a dark reddish brown and is 1/8 of an inch long. A male's head is flat inbetween the eyes, but a female's head is convex. They are the size of a pinhead, and can be present, but not noticed. They spend theirs lives in elm trees. They can sometimes carry diseases from tree to tree. This disease, Ducth Elm diesease, and cause much harm to trees. <span style="color: #0015ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">﻿Cell Type: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Eukaryote <span style="color: #0015ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Type of Reproduction: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Sexual <span style="color: #0015ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Means of Energy: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Heterotroph; gets energy through feeding on the tender bark that is in the twig crotches <span style="color: #0015ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">﻿Symbiotic Relationships: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">The elm bark beetle is the parasite on the elm tree. It causes harm to the tree by eating it. <span style="color: #0015ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Habitat: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Elm bark beetles have been found throughout America, except for in Alaska and Hawaii. They are also in Europe and Canada. <span style="color: #0015ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Predators: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">There are no well known predators of the elm bark beetles. However they are commonly killed by humans with exterminating techniques. <span style="color: #0015ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Unique Features: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">The elm bark beetles have antennae clubbed at the extremeties. <span style="color: #0015ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Interesting Facts: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Over a hundred beetles can be attracted by a single piece of wood in just two weeks. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">In two years, 29,000 new beetles can be generated by one piece of wood. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">A elm bark beetle can fly for 2 hours without stopping. <span style="color: #0015ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Additional Sources: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> For information on taking care of elm trees go to ... [] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">

<span style="color: #0015ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">﻿ Works Cited- "Catalogue of Life - 2011 Annual Checklist :: Species Details." //Catalogue of Life - 2011 Annual Checklist :: Search All Names//. Web. 09 June 2011. <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/details/species/id/7863038>.

"Smaller European Elm Bark Beetle." //Entomology & Plant Pathology, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources//. Web. 09 June 2011. [].

"Smaller European Elm Bark Beetle." //Bark and Wood Boring Beetles of the World//. Web. 09 June 2011. <http://www.barkbeetles.org/hardwood/SEEBB2.html>.

"Bark Beetles & Dutch Elm Disease." //Bug Information from The Scarabs//. Web. 09 June 2011. <http://crawford.tardigrade.net/bugs/BugofMonth38.html>.