Bradybatus creutzeri

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Dmitrii Musolin, 10.03.2008 4:10

Hey guys!

I was asked to find information about Bradybatus creutzeri Grem. (Maple weevil-seed eater), biology, control measures, etc., and I don't have much information at hand, especially in Russian. Can anyone tell you what books you can look at? There was this species in the Fauna of the USSR/Russia?

Thanks!

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10.03.2008 16:14, Дзанат

Forest Encyclopedia, 1985
Common in the North and South. In Europe (including Turkey), in the USSR-in Europe. parts, in the places where the maple grows. Length up to 5mm. Generation is 1 year. Years in late April-May. Eggs are laid in maple fruit, one in each half of the lionfish. The larva develops inside the seed, eating it out. Pupation in July in the fruit. Young beetles come out from the end of July to September, gnawing round holes in the fruit shell. additionally, they feed on maple pedicels, causing the flowers to wither. They overwinter in the forest floor. Damages preim maples. in forest-steppe and steppe zones, often destroying up to 50% of the seed crop. Control measures are not developed, possibly spraying. systemic insecticides, collecting and destroying infected fruits before the beetles come out of them.

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