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 Beetle - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Beetles are generally characterised by a particularly hard exoskeleton, and the hard wing-cases (elytra) which tend to cover the hind part of the body and protect the second wings, the alae.
The larva of a beetle is often called a grub and represents the principal feeding stage of the life-cycle.
In these beetles the testes are tubular and the first abdominal sternum (a plate of the exoskeleton) is divided by the hind coxae (the basal joints of the beetle's legs).
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/e/e/Beetle.html   (2062 words)

  
 Bug Identification, * Pictures * Tell the Good Bugs From the Bad * Photos * Bug Id, Swat the Mosquito Game
Potatoes are its first love, but this beetle will eagerly consume leaves of potato relatives eggplant, ground cherry, peppers, tomato, and tomatillo.
The adult beetles over winter in the soil, emerging in the spring to lay clusters of yellow eggs on leaf undersides.
Spray Potato Beetle Beater, which is Bacillus thuringiensis tenebrionis (also known as San Diego strain), while larva are small to manage major outbreaks.
www.maskedflowerimages.com /bugidentification.html   (786 words)

  
 Garden Pests
Provides a close-up look at grubs and other insects that cause damage to plants, including weevils, beetles, and slugs.
Here, the Colorado potato beetle, which does its greatest damage on potato crops if it feeds within two weeks of peak flowering.
Attracting birds to your garden in the winter will greatly reduce the bug population in your summer garden because birds eat bug eggs.
www.growinglifestyle.com /us/j3838   (339 words)

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