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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Click Beetles
  • Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:59:23 -0400

I find click beetles here in CT. on my grape vines...they poke a hole in the new tender shoot and suck the juices...then the sprout wilts and dies....sometimes I lose the unformed bunch of grapes with it..
Karl Olson ...South west CT


-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Scott
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Sent: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 4:41 am
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Click Beetles

The larvae of some species of click beetles eat tree roots.

Pat

On 16/06/2007, at 10:53 AM, Richard MURPHY wrote:

> Ignoramous Murph here again;
>
> I forgot to mention these other weird bugs I found on my 1 year old  
> cherry trees. As best I can tell from available resources, they are  
> called 'Click Beetles'. See photos Click Beetle 1 & 2.
>
> During an inspection of the trees, I noticed something odd. About  
> one out of every 10 leaves had a beetle on the petiole. See the  
> hand-drawn sketch "LeafBeetle". Each beetle was perched as shown,  
> not appearing to do anything but sit there staring at the leaf.  
> They all had their head near the little nodules where the leaf  
> meets the petiole. Not eating the leaf; not doing anything. That's  
> why I didn't kill them. Also, not one of them flew away. I could  
> flick them off with a finger.
>     They shook off the branch very easily, as they have wimpy  
> little legs. As I collected a few samples in a jar, I noticed these  
> things could jump really high, like a grasshopper or a flea. They  
> do not jump using their legs. They seem to 'buckle over', then  
> straighten out really quickly, launching themselves into the air.  
> None of my Fruit Pest books carried this bug in it. Also, they  
> weren't interested in the apples (100 trees) or pears (60 trees).  
> Just tart cherries; I think Benton or Surefire, can't recall. I  
> don't think the Evans had any.
>     Further reading says they may eat nectar or pollen or leaves,  
> but some of them may eat aphids. As with beetles, there are a  
> bazillion kinds of Click Beetles. Even my Vietnamese friend at work  
> was familiar. I hope they are predators. They did not appear to be  
> causing any damage. Can these guys just eat the sap and then go  
> away? Has anyone else had these bugs? Should we kill them?
>
> Richard Murphy
>
> 
> 
> 
>
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