Engraver beetle
Ips typographus (Linnaeus, C., 1758)
Status not recordedbeetles
The engraver beetle (Ips typographus) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 5.26 mm in length.
No freely licensed photo yet
Quick facts about the engraver beetle
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 5.26 mmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the engraver beetle?
Where does the engraver beetle live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the engraver beetle as introduced in 4 countries.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the engraver beetle endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the engraver beetle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- familyCurculionidae
- genusIps
- SpeciesIps typographus (Linnaeus, C., 1758)
Synonyms Bostrichus 8-dentatus, Bostrichus octo-dentatus, Bostrichus octodentatus, Bostrichus typographus, Dermestes typographus, Tomicus typographus, Tomicus typographus
Other names and names in other languages (28)
- European spruce bark beetleEnglish
- lýkožrout smrkovýCzech
- TypografDanish
- BogtrykkerDanish
- BogtrykkerbarkbilleDanish
- Großer Achtzähniger FichtenborkenkäferGerman
- BuchdruckerGerman
- kirjanpainajaFinnish
- Ips typographeFrench
- Bostryche typographeFrench
- Scolyte typographeFrench
- betűzőszúHungarian
- Bostrico tipografoItalian
- Bostrico dell'abete rossoItalian
- ヤツバキクイムシJapanese
- Žievėgraužis TipografasLithuanian
- stor granbarkbilleNorwegian Bokmål
- BoekdrukkerDutch
- Achttandig bastkevertjeDutch
- LetterzetterDutch
- Kornik drukarzPolish
- Короед-типографRussian
- lykožrút smrekovýSlovak
- osmerozobi smrekov lubadarSlovenian
- Осмозуби смрчин поткорњакSerbian
- granbarkborreSwedish
- åttatandad barkborreSwedish
- Короїд-типографUkrainian
Relatives of the engraver beetle
Other species in the same genus Ips.
Six-toothed spruce bark beetle
Ips sexdentatus
Double-spined bark beetle
Ips duplicatus
Small spruce bark beetle
Ips amitinus
Large larch bark beetle
Ips cembrae
Sharp-toothed bark beetle
Ips acuminatus
Pinyon engraver beetle
Ips confusus
CompareEngraver beetle vs Six-toothed spruce bark beetleEngraver beetle vs Double-spined bark beetleEngraver beetle vs Small spruce bark beetleEngraver beetle vs Large larch bark beetle
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the engraver beetle?
An adult engraver beetle measures 5.26 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the engraver beetle an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the engraver beetle as introduced in 4 countries: Azerbaijan, China, Georgia and Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the engraver beetle?
The engraver beetle (Ips typographus) belongs to the family Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
Embed a card for this animal on your own site
Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.
CreatureData. (2026). Engraver beetle (Ips typographus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/engraver-beetle
“Engraver beetle (Ips typographus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/engraver-beetle.
@misc{engraver_beetle_2026,
title = {Engraver beetle (Ips typographus)},
author = {{CreatureData}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/engraver-beetle},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}