Study on Major Parasitic Diseases of Adult Honeybees in Three Districts of Kaffa Zone, Southern Ethiopia by Semere Solomon, Tadesse Degu, Haben Fesseha, Mesfin Mathewos

“…The research indicates that N. apis, M. mellificae, and small hive beetle are the major parasites that affect honeybees in the study area. …”
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Insect Pests and Diseases in Stored Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) and Maize (Zea mays L.) in West Hararghe, Ethiopia by Gelana Keno Beyene, Amin Mohammed Yones, Ahmed Beyan Heji, Mukaddes Kayim

“…The results revealed that maize and sorghum grains stored in sacks, ground pits, markets, and hanging (maize cob) storage containers were infested with insect species: maize weevil (S. zeamais), Angoumois grain moth (S. cerealella), rice weevil (S. oryzae), Red flour beetle (T. castaneum), confused flour beetle (T. confusum), and Lesser grain borer (R. dominica). …”
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Emerald Ash Borer: A Potential Future Threat to Ash Trees in Florida by Don Spence, Jason Smith

“…This invasive exotic beetle kills ash trees and is likely to reach Florida in the years to come — or faster if it gets transported by humans. …”
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Emerald Ash Borer: A Potential Future Threat to Ash Trees in Florida by Don Spence, Jason Smith

“…This invasive exotic beetle kills ash trees and is likely to reach Florida in the years to come — or faster if it gets transported by humans. …”
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Two new species of the genus Veraphis Casey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) from Korea by Ui-Joung Byeon, Jong-Seok Park

“…., of the ant-like stone beetle, are described from the Korean Peninsula. The Korean fauna of Veraphis Casey now comprises three species, including V. engelmarki koreanus. …”
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Mistaken Identities in the Ornamental Plant Nursery Sheet 2 by Russell Mizell

“…Key examples include predaceous stink bugs, lady beetle larvae, sooty mold, nitrogen-fixing nodules, slime molds, and bird’s nest fungi. …”
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Laurel Wilt: A Threat to Redbay, Avocado and Related Trees in Urban and Rural Landscapes by Albert E. Mayfield, III, Jonathan H. Crane, Jason A. Smith

“…Smith, describes for homeowners this fungal disease of trees in the laurel family that is carried by the non-native redbay ambrosia beetle. Includes descriptions of the beetles, plant hosts, impact, host symptoms, and management strategies. …”
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Laurel Wilt: A Threat to Redbay, Avocado and Related Trees in Urban and Rural Landscapes by Albert E. Mayfield, III, Jonathan H. Crane, Jason A. Smith

“…Smith, describes for homeowners this fungal disease of trees in the laurel family that is carried by the non-native redbay ambrosia beetle. Includes descriptions of the beetles, plant hosts, impact, host symptoms, and management strategies. …”
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Scoliid Wasps of Florida, Campsomeris, Scolia and Trielis spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) by E. E. Grissell

“…It describes a family of brightly patterned, stout-bodied wasps which are parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae. Includes sections on synonymy, biology, hosts, identification. …”
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Scoliid Wasps of Florida, Campsomeris, Scolia and Trielis spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) by E. E. Grissell

“…It describes a family of brightly patterned, stout-bodied wasps which are parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae. Includes sections on synonymy, biology, hosts, identification. …”
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Key Plant, Key Pests: Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) by Juanita Popenoe, Caroline G Roper Warwick, Roger Kjelgren

“…This publication provides information and general management recommendations for the cypress leaf beetle, fall webworm, cypress twig gall midge, mealybugs, rust mites and needle blights. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep557 …”
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Key Plant, Key Pests: Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) by Juanita Popenoe, Caroline G Roper Warwick, Roger Kjelgren

“…This publication provides information and general management recommendations for the cypress leaf beetle, fall webworm, cypress twig gall midge, mealybugs, rust mites and needle blights. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep557 …”
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Asymptotic behavior of a class of nonlinear difference equations by Stevo Stevic

“…Stević (2003), and it is applied to some classes of mathematical biology models, for example, generalized Beverton-Holt stock recruitment model, flour beetle population model, mosquito population equations, and discrete delay logistic difference equation.…”
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Hunting Billbug, Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Robert E. Woodruff

“…Billbug larva are often confused with white grubs, which is the name usually given to beetle larvae in the genus Phyllophaga, family Scarabaeidae.  …”
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Hunting Billbug, Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Robert E. Woodruff

“…Billbug larva are often confused with white grubs, which is the name usually given to beetle larvae in the genus Phyllophaga, family Scarabaeidae.  …”
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Oriental Cockroach, Blatta orientalis Linnaeus (Insecta: Blattaria: Blattidae:) by Kim McCanless

“…It is also sometimes referred to as the "black beetle" or a "water bug" because of its dark black appearance and tendency to harbor in damp locations. …”
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Two new species and two new combinations within Paleosepharia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China by Chuan Feng, Xingke Yang, Siqin Ge

“…In this study, two new species of the leaf-beetle genus Paleosepharia Laboissière, 1936 from China are described: P. subrubra Feng, Yang & Ge, sp. nov. and P. emeiensis Feng, Yang & Ge, sp. nov. …”
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Oriental Cockroach, Blatta orientalis Linnaeus (Insecta: Blattaria: Blattidae:) by Kim McCanless

“…It is also sometimes referred to as the "black beetle" or a "water bug" because of its dark black appearance and tendency to harbor in damp locations. …”
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Insect Management for Leafy Vegetables (Lettuce, Endive and Escarole) by Gregg S. Nuessly, Susan E. Webb

“…Major pests of these crops are beet and southern armyworms, cutworms, cabbage loopers, dipterous leafminers, aphids, cucumber beetles and wireworms. Less common pests of leafy vegetables include seedcorn maggot, seedcorn beetle and corn earworm. …”
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Tea Shot-Hole Borer Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff, 1868) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by You Li, Andrea Lucky, Jiri Hulcr

“… The tea shot-hole borer is an Asian ambrosia beetle introduced to Florida in the early 2000s. In Florida it does not have any known economic impact, but it is a serious pest of tea around the world and is one of the few ambrosia beetles that can infest healthy plants. …”
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