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Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described. [1]
In a separate study that used Ipomoea Batatas as the host, A. miliaris, a coexisting species, was observed to have a life cycle of about one month. In this study, it was observed that the species and nutritional contents of the host plant significantly affected factors like its life cycle, reproductive rate, mortality rate, life span, and size.
Spotted cucumber beetle A spotted cucumber beetle eating a leaf. Diabrotica undecimpunctata on goldenrod. Diabrotica undecimpunctata, the spotted cucumber beetle or southern corn rootworm, is a species of cucumber beetle that is native to North America. The species can be a major agricultural pest insect in North America.
Platerodrilus is a genus of beetles of the family Lycidae.They commonly appear in the literature under the name Duliticola, which is an obsolete junior synonym. [1] The females retain a larval form as adults (larviform females) and are about 40–80 mm in length.
Agrilus biguttatus is a species of beetle in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. Common names include oak splendour beetle, oak buprestid beetle, and two-spotted oak borer. [1] This beetle is known as a pest that causes damage to oak trees and is a major factor in oak decline. [2] The adult beetle is 8 to 13 millimeters long. [1]
The goldspotted oak borer is just 14 miles from the Santa Monica Mountains' 600,000 oak trees and threatens to devastate forests throughout California, harming wildlife and increasing fire risks.
Coleomegilla maculata, commonly known as the spotted lady beetle, pink spotted lady beetle or twelve-spotted lady beetle, is a large coccinellid beetle native to North America. The adults and larvae feed primarily on aphids and the species has been used as a biological control agent .
Stigmodera cancellata, common name Red Spotted Jewel Beetle, is a species of beetles in the family Buprestidae. Description ...