Scolytus ratzeburgi - Koivunmantokuoriainen IMG_6878

"What was eating you?" - "It was Birch park beetle (Scolytus ratzeburgi)."
I found this nice figure in a high birch stump. The beetle started it, the storm did the rest and the birch was no more.

[Bep]

Difficult to pronounce, the Finnish name of the beetle.

[Leila]

Awful damage they do to the birch trees, but does make for an interesting shot. Cool photo.