Temnoscheila chlorodia, also called the green bark-gnawing beetle or green bark beetle, is a species of bark-gnawing beetle. It is found in North America west of the Great Plains.
Adults are dark metallic green or blue and 9âÂÂ20 mm in length. Larvae are pink or white with a dark head and thoracic shield and an anal plate with two spurs.
Adults and larvae alike are predators that forage under the bark of dead trees. They can also be found in the nests of other wood-boring insects and in wood-decay fungus. Adults are most abundant during late spring, with a second peak in late summer.