How to Know the BeetlesDescribes the physical characteristics, habits and habitats of 1500 species of beetles. |
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... Feeding on leaves 22. Mining leaves 23. Boring in stems 24. Boring in roots 25. In soil feeding on roots 26. Feeding on flowers 27. Feeding on fruit 28. Feeding in seeds 29. Boring into wood 30. Under loose bark and in rotten wood 31.
... Feeding on leaves 22. Mining leaves 23. Boring in stems 24. Boring in roots 25. In soil feeding on roots 26. Feeding on flowers 27. Feeding on fruit 28. Feeding in seeds 29. Boring into wood 30. Under loose bark and in rotten wood 31.
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... feed on grape leaves while the grubs feed on the roots of vari- ous trees . ( b ) Cotalpa lanigera ( L. ) LENGTH : 20-26 mm . RANGE : Eastern half of United States and Canada . Robust . Head , thorax and scutellum greenish or yellow ...
... feed on grape leaves while the grubs feed on the roots of vari- ous trees . ( b ) Cotalpa lanigera ( L. ) LENGTH : 20-26 mm . RANGE : Eastern half of United States and Canada . Robust . Head , thorax and scutellum greenish or yellow ...
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... feed within the dying trunks of the cabbage palmetto and other palms . The other species are tropical . 64b Smaller , not over 18 mm ; side pieces of metathorax not unusually wide . 65 .......... 65a ( 64 ) Antennal club oval ; small ...
... feed within the dying trunks of the cabbage palmetto and other palms . The other species are tropical . 64b Smaller , not over 18 mm ; side pieces of metathorax not unusually wide . 65 .......... 65a ( 64 ) Antennal club oval ; small ...
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Use of the PicturedKey | 19 |
PicturedKey to the Genera and Species of Some Common Beetles | 61 |
General References | 395 |
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abdomen adults antennae antennae and legs apex apical bark basal base beak beetles blackish Blister Beetle bronze brownish brownish-yellow Central and Eastern claws Clypeus coarse punctures color common convex covered coxal cavities coxal plates dark brown dark reddish-brown densely dorsal dull yellow Eastern half United Eastern U. S. Eastern United elongate elytra elytral striae elytron eyes feed femora flattened front coxae front tibiae fungi genus gray green groove hairs half of United head and thorax Hind coxae hind tibiae Horn insects labrum larvae last segment legs and antennae LENGTH lobed male mandibles marked as pictured maxillary palpi Melsh Mentum metathorax middle oval paler pest piceous pronotum Prosternum prothorax pubescence pygidium RANGE reddish reddish-yellow ridges scutellum shining black side slender species striae suture tarsi tennae thorax thorax and elytra tibiae tles tooth tured U. S. and Canada usually Weevil wholly black yellowish