Engraver beetles
Scientific name: Ips
Engraver beetles
Scientific name: Ips
Photo By Udo Schmidt , used under CC-BY-SA-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
Description
Beetles of this genus are cylindrical in shape, 3 - 7 mm long, and reddish to black in color. The back end of the elytra is concave, and there is a ridge of 3 to 6 large spines on either side of the depression. The oblong white eggs are up to 1 mm long. The grub-like larvae are whitish with reddish heads and lack legs. 
Species of Engraver beetles
Scientific Classification
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