Eastern Ash Bark Beetle

Hylesinus aculeatus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Curculionidae

Also called: Easter-Ash Bark Beetle

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Eastern Ash Bark Beetle
Photo: Reiner Jakubowski, CC BY-SA

The Eastern Ash Bark Beetle lives in North America. Its range is limited to North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 31 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Mississippi, Vermont, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Eastern Ash Bark Beetle photo 3
Photo: Randy A Nonenmacher, CC BY
Eastern Ash Bark Beetle photo 4
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Eastern Ash Bark Beetle photo 5
Photo: Randy A Nonenmacher, CC BY
Eastern Ash Bark Beetle photo 6
Photo: naturalist charlie, CC BY

Same family (Curculionidae)

Green Immigrant Leaf WeevilGreen Immigrant Leaf WeevilPolydrusus formosusDamages trees, gardens or cropsBlack Vine WeevilBlack Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusDamages trees, gardens or cropsNettle weevilNettle weevilPhyllobius pomaceusDamages trees, gardens or cropsAsian Oak WeevilAsian Oak WeevilCyrtepistomus castaneusDamages trees, gardens or cropsStrawberry Root WeevilStrawberry Root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatusDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Leaf WeevilCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylesinus_aculeatus

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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