Pest Photo

Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Banded elm bark beetle

Scolytus schevyrewi

Banded elm bark beetle (Scolytus schevyrewi) is an insect pest of elm trees. It is a native of Asia and was first detected in Colorado and Utah in 2003.

Suspected of being the vector of the fungal pathogen for Dutch Elm Disase.

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