Beetles
Pheromones—a Weapon the Blister Beetle Uses to Trick the Digger Bee
PHEROMONES—A WEAPON THE BLISTER BEETLE USES TO TRICK THE DIGGER BEE Black blister beetle Digger bee The digger bee (a solitary bee in the genus Habropoda) unintentionally acts as a host for the larvae of the parasitic blister beetles (Meloe franciscanus), also known as triungulins. You can find the parasite and host on the western coast…
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JAPANESE BEETLES—HOW CAN YOU MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE ON YOUR GARDEN THIS SUMMER? PICKS FOR YOU The Japanese beetle (P. japonica) appears and feeds on rose, grape and other bushes during the summer months (May-July) and then disappears until the next summer. Japonica is native in the far east of Russia and northern Japan. In the…
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