- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
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1 Turfgrass in the Modern Environment -
2 Insects and Near Relatives -
3 Insects and Mites: Turf Association -
4 Acarine Pests -
5 Orthopteran Pests: Family Gryllotalpidae -
6 Hemipteran Pests: Suborder Heteroptera -
7 Hemipteran Pests: Suborder Homoptera -
8 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Crambidae (Formerly Pyralidae), Subfamily Crambinae -
9 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Noctuidae -
10 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Hesperiidae -
11 Coleopteran Pests: Family Scarabaeidae -
12 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Aphodiinae -
13 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Cetoniinae -
14 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Dynastinae -
15 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Melolonthinae -
16 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Rutelinae -
17 Coleopteran Pests: Family Chrysomelidae -
18 Coleopteran Pests: Family Curculionidae -
19 Dipteran Pests: Families Tipulidae and Chloropidae -
20 Hymenopteran Pests: Family Formicidae -
21 Hymenopteran Pests: Families Sphecidae and Vespidae -
22 Minor Insect Pests -
23 Turfgrass-Associated Arthropods and Near Relatives -
24 Vertebrate Pests -
25 Principles of Integrated Pest Management -
26 Sampling Techniques and Setting Thresholds -
27 Biological Control Strategies -
28 Chemical Control Strategies -
Appendix 1 English and Metric Units of Measure and Conversions -
Appendix 2 Abbreviations - Glossary
- References
- Index
Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Melolonthinae
Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Melolonthinae
- Chapter:
- (p.205) 15 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Melolonthinae
- Source:
- Turfgrass Insects of the United States and Canada
- Author(s):
Patricia J. Vittum
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
This chapter focuses on the Asiatic garden beetle, in the order Coleoptera, family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Melolonthinae, tribe Sericini. Adult Asiatic garden beetles are pests of ornamental plants and vegetable gardens. Although the insect breeds in greater abundance in weedy, abandoned areas than in lawns, the grubs often are destructive to turfgrass. Turf injury is most prevalent where weedy, disturbed areas and turfgrass sites exist side by side. Because the Asiatic garden beetle is attracted to bright lights on warm nights of July and August, the beetle is a nuisance at all types of nighttime amusement and recreational parks, open-air restaurants, and well-lit storefronts. The chapter also looks at the European chafer, as well as May and June beetles.
Keywords: Asiatic garden beetles, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, ornamental plants, vegetable gardens, turfgrass pests, European chafer, May beetles, June beetles
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
-
1 Turfgrass in the Modern Environment -
2 Insects and Near Relatives -
3 Insects and Mites: Turf Association -
4 Acarine Pests -
5 Orthopteran Pests: Family Gryllotalpidae -
6 Hemipteran Pests: Suborder Heteroptera -
7 Hemipteran Pests: Suborder Homoptera -
8 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Crambidae (Formerly Pyralidae), Subfamily Crambinae -
9 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Noctuidae -
10 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Hesperiidae -
11 Coleopteran Pests: Family Scarabaeidae -
12 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Aphodiinae -
13 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Cetoniinae -
14 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Dynastinae -
15 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Melolonthinae -
16 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Rutelinae -
17 Coleopteran Pests: Family Chrysomelidae -
18 Coleopteran Pests: Family Curculionidae -
19 Dipteran Pests: Families Tipulidae and Chloropidae -
20 Hymenopteran Pests: Family Formicidae -
21 Hymenopteran Pests: Families Sphecidae and Vespidae -
22 Minor Insect Pests -
23 Turfgrass-Associated Arthropods and Near Relatives -
24 Vertebrate Pests -
25 Principles of Integrated Pest Management -
26 Sampling Techniques and Setting Thresholds -
27 Biological Control Strategies -
28 Chemical Control Strategies -
Appendix 1 English and Metric Units of Measure and Conversions -
Appendix 2 Abbreviations - Glossary
- References
- Index