Corn:
Sap Beetles (Glischrochilus quadrisignatus)
| Author: | OMAFRA Staff
| | Creation Date: | 29
June 2005 | | Last Reviewed: |
15 June 2009 |
Excerpt from Chapter 1, Field
Crop Protection Guide, Order this
publication Table of Contents - Description
- Integrated
Pest Management Options
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Description
Adult sap beetles, also known as
picnic beetles, are 4 mm (approximately 1/6 in.) in length, dark brown to black
with two pale yellow spots on each wing cover. 
Image 1. Sap beetles feeding on bruised corn ear.
Also known as picnic beetles. Do not cause the primary damage.
Integrated
Pest Management OptionsNot an economic pest but can carry Fusarium.
Chemical control is not recommended
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