ground beetles

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Beneficial Insects
... with an insatiable appetite for aphids. GROUND BEETLE-A very large family of insects with over 2500 species in North America. These hard-shelled beetles are mostly black in color but can ... . They are also reported to consume soil maggots, cutworms and other soil borne larvae. Adult ground beetles are approximately 1 cm. in length. GREEN LACEWING-These beautiful and delicate insects have earned ...
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California Backyard Orchard: Pests and Diseases
... right location will help you minimize problems. Natural predators such as lacewings, leatherwing beetles, ladybird beetles, ground beetles, wasps, praying mantis and pirate bugs will control or contain most pest ... generations, overwinters as immature black cap stage. Controls Natural: limit tree size; lady beetles and parasitic wasps (avoid summer sprays). Spray: See Calendar of Backyard Gardening ...
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Squash Vine Borer, HYG-2153-92
... there is no evidence of borers, other possible causes are root feeding by larval cucumber beetles, or a bacterial wilt infection. Hosts Squash, zucchini, pumpkins, and gourds are attcaked. The borer ... natural enemies is the egg stage, which is attacked by parasitic wasps. Larval and adult ground beetles (Family Carabidae) can attack larvae of squash vine borer, but do not appear to cause ...
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Tree of Life Growth Monitor
... Ithomia. 27 October 2005. Several new pages added in the Paussinae branch (a group of ground beetles). 18 October 2005. New pages added for Lophiiformes (anglerfishes) and Lophiidae (monkfishes). 6 October ... of parasitoid wasps). 25 February 2005. New pages added for Morionini (a group of ground beetles). 15-22 February 2005. New pages added for Carinarioidea (heteropod snails or sea elephants), ...
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American Chestnut Foundation - American Chestnut and Insects? You Can Help!
... were an entertaining blend of wit and observation, complimented with beautiful slides of butterflies, moths, beetles and their larvae. During the coffee and cookie snack that followed, I extended my thanks ... plants the caterpillars feed upon. “We can locate a solitary persimmon tree.” The identification of ground beetles (Carabs) by species is a key to soil type and moisture content. Dr. Rawlins has ...
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Beneficial Insects
... aphid lions) eat aphids, mealy bugs, mites, scale insects, white flies, thrips, and insect eggs. Ground beetles - Adults are 1 inch or less, fast moving, iridescent bluish-black in color. They hide ... large heads. They eat a variety of insects they find on the ground. Lady beetles (Ladybird beetles, lady bugs) - These well known beetles are reddish, orange, or black with spots. Color and spots vary ...
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Encourage Existing Beneficial Insects
... controls in your garden by encouraging natural predators, such as praying mantids, ladybugs, lacewings, and ground beetles. Increase their populations by providing shelter, food, moisture, and overwintering sites. Some beneficial insect suppliers ...
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Know Your Bugs - The Speed Freak
... food). Ground beetles have well developed mandibles (big, vicious cutting mouthparts), but are not known to bite people. They use their strong mouthparts to devour other insects. The larval stages of ground beetles are also aggressive predators on insects, but they live below ground in the grass and soil around the house, where ...
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Sap Beetles, HYG-2047-97
... and Habits All of the sap beetles in Ohio overwinter as adults in protected places such as decaying vegetation, debris or fruit buried in the ground. In the spring, picnic beetle adults ... 147 days. The strawberry sap beetle primarily attacks strawberries. Sap beetles also disseminate organisms that cause rots in the fruits. Some sap beetles bore into the fruit, devour a portion, and lay ...
ohioline.osu.edu

Beetles
... 1969) in Science Vol. 165: 61-63. Bombardier beetles of the genus Brachinus, a member of the large ground beetle family (Carabidae). These small beetles are about 13 mm long (1/2 ... has earned them the name of "acrobat beetle." Ironclad Beetles (Phloeodes pustulosis), another member of the diverse family Tenebrionidae. These ground-dwelling beetles have fused wing covers (elytra) and cannot fly. ...
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