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Many are serious pests of cultivated plants, for example the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), the asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi), the cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus), the mustard beetle (Phaedon cochleariae) and various flea beetles, and a few act as vectors of plant diseases.
A female leaf-footed bug, family Coreidae and tribe Acanthocephalini, deposits an egg before flying off. Coreidae is a large family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. [1] The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus Coreus, which derives from the Ancient Greek κόρις (kóris) meaning bedbug. [2]
Cantharidin, from the Greek kantharis, for beetle, [4] is an odorless, colorless natural product with solubility in various organic solvents, [specify] but only slight solubility in water. [5] Its skeleton is tricyclic , formally, a tricyclo-[5.2.1.0 2,6 ]decane skeleton.
Pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis poisoning in the United States has remained moderately rare among humans. The most common reports are the outcome of the misuse of medicinal home remedies, or the alkaloids are present in food and drink substances such as milk and honey when the animal carriers were exposed to the toxins.
These beetles form aggregations and feed upon foliage, buds, flowers, and fruit of roses and other ornamentals. [6] [7] Metallic flea-beetles (order Coleoptera: family Chrysomelidae) Altica species – The small, shiny and metallic Altica beetles have thickened hindlegs adapted to jumping, similar to fleas. The insects are 3 mm long and chew ...
powderpost beetle (Lyctus sp.) [1] leaf eating caterpillar (Lymantria marginata) [3] coconut case worm (Mahasena corbetti) [3] thrip (Megalurothrips sp.) [3] Microtermes pallidus [1] hairy powderpost beetle (Minthea rugicollis), recorded on Durio lowianus and Durio oxleyanus [1] Monolepta bifasciata [1] durian seed borer (Mudaria luteileprosa ...
The beetles' glands store enough hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide to allow the beetle to release its chemical spray roughly 20 times. In some cases this is enough to kill a predator. [6] The main component of the beetle spray is 1,4-benzoquinone, an irritant to the eyes and the respiratory system of vertebrates.
Ambush bugs – subfamily Phymatinae Thread-legged bugs – subfamily Emesinae , including the genus Emesaya Kissing bugs (or cone-headed bugs) – subfamily Triatominae , unusual in that most species are blood-suckers and several are important disease vectors