Big-Leaf Maple vs Oak Bark Beetle

Acer macrophyllum compared with Scolytus intricatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Oak Bark Beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Sapindaceae	Curculionidae
Genus	Acer	Scolytus
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Scolytus intricatus

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Oak Bark Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Oak Bark Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

Oak Bark Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.