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Mango Flower Beetle
Carbo:
Keeping my eye on the ol' mango tree and the past few days I have seen several fingernail sized black beetles walking over the newly formed flowers. A quick search online and I discovered something called the Asian Mango Flower Beetle. It looks just like the pest on my tree, (sorry, but I don't have a photo yet).
Anyway, is anyone familiar with this bug? Is he a poillinator or a terminator? Tears of joy at his arrival or tears of grief?
Herman:
Looks like they are pests:
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/114/
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_scarabs/MangoFlowerBeetle.htm
They eat flowers and fruits.
Carbo:
Just nailed 5 of these buggers this morning! >:(
Patrick:
Wonderful! I have them all over my blooms right now!!
Carbo:
Whoa! Just went outside to take another look and found about 20 more of these guys working over the flowers! Am I the only one drawing the attention of these critters? I haven't read much about them here previously. For now I am hitting them with an organice insecticidal soap, but if these numbers persist I may need to be more proactive. On the other hand, with the tree in bloom I fear spraying anything now and damaging the blooms.
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