| broom seed beetle |
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| Bruchidius villosus (Fabricius, 1792) | |
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Taxonomic Rank: Hexapoda (including Insecta): Coleoptera: Bruchidae |
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| Synonym(s): Scotch broom bruchid |
![]() Adult(s); adult beetle Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
![]() Adult(s); adult beetle Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
![]() Management; using beating sheets to collect broom beetles. Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
![]() Management; Aspirating broom beetles off beating sheet. Beth Myers-Shenai, ODA? (R). Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
![]() Egg(s); hatched egg of broom beetle, showing larval tunnel in seed pod Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
![]() Egg(s); broom beetle egg with neonate larva about to hatch Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
![]() Egg(s); hatched egg of broom beetle on ripening seed pod. This is a good time to survey and determine beetle presence at sites by numbers of eggs on pods. Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
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Developed by The University of Georgia - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. Last updated on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 09:10 AM |