Beetles
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Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst) Author: Brett Blaauw, Fruit Entomologist, University of Georgia, 2021 Description Immature stages: The larvae tunnel and feed in developing fruit, usually boring to the pit. Larvae are yellowish-white, legless, brownheaded grubs, about 3/8 inch (6-9 mm) long when fully grown. Adult stages: Adults are small, about 1/4 inch (4-6 mm) long, brownish-black…
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Coleoptera: Scolytidae Authors: David Coyle, Brady Self, James Floyd, John Riggins, Southern Regional Extension Forestry (SREF), 2018 Description Four species of Ips bark beetles (commonly known as Ips engraver beetles or Ips beetles) occur throughout pure and mixed pine forests in the southeastern U.S.: the six-spined ips (Ips calligraphus), the pine engraver (Ips pini), the…
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Chalcodermus aeneus (Boheman) Author: David Riley, Stormy Sparks, and Sydni Barwick, University of Georgia, 2019 Description Immature stages: Females lay eggs, which are white, oval in shape, and are less than a centimeter in length, into pods. These consequently hatch into small white grubs that damage the seed (middle image). The duration of the egg…
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Aethina tumida Authors: Dr. Keith Delaplane, Dr. Lewis J. Bartlett, & Jennifer Berry, Entomologists, University of Georgia, 2022 Sydney Weigand (Ed.), 2025 Description Immature stages: Though they occupy the same hives, small hive beetle eggs are smaller than honey bee eggs, often laid in disorganized clumps in crevices of hives or in suitable food. Larvae…