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She may do this several times until she has laid between 60 and 80 eggs. Most typically, the female beetle lays its eggs in fields. The preferred food for adults is oak leaves, but they will also feed on conifer needles. The larvae, known as "chafer grubs" or "white grubs", hatch four to six weeks after
Studies have noted a seasonal influx of green darners to southern Florida, which indicates migratory behavior. [1] Little has been done with tracking of the green darner, and reasons for migration are not fully understood since there are both resident and migrant populations. [ 1 ]
"Warm season turf grasses generally go dormant during the winter months," says Harlow. "If they are in Zones 9B -11, they may not go dormant at all." Cool-season grass may continue to grow in ...
Maladera formosae, commonly known as the Asiatic garden beetle and formerly known as Maladera castanea, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.It is native to Japan, China, South Korea, North Korea, and Russia but was introduced to North America in the 1920s where it is considered a pest of turfs, gardens, and crop fields.
Dynastes tityus is known by a number of common names, including eastern Hercules beetle, elephant beetle and ox beetle. [1] It was first given a scientific name by Carl Linnaeus, in his 1763 work Centuria Insectorum, where it was called Scarabaeus tityus; when Linnaeus' genus Scarabaeus was divided into smaller genera, S. tityus was renamed Dynastes tityus.
It is responsible for a disease (commonly called milky spore) of the white grubs of Japanese beetles. The adult Japanese beetles pupate in July (in the Northeast United States) and feed on flowers and leaves of shrubs and garden plants. During this adult stage, the beetles also mate and the females lay eggs in the soil in late July to early August.
The eggs are white and about 3 mm in diameter. The larvae are the typical C-shaped white grubs of scarab beetles. The three larval stages can be separated by the size of their head capsule which is around 2.5–3 mm (1st instar), 5–6 mm (2nd instar) and 10–11 mm (3rd instar), respectively. [10]
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