Bumble Flower Beetle Grub. Bumble flower beetle the bumble flower beetle also a noisy flyer gets its common name from the buzzing sound it makes. May june beetle grubs commonly feed on turf grass roots and crowns and.
These are larvae of the bumble flower beetle which develop in compost and animal manure. The june beetle grubs over winter in the soil and metamorphose into beetles when the weather warms up in the spring. Bumble flower beetle adults of the bumble flower beetle euphoria inda are fairly large slightly hairy beetles that are present in mid to late summer.
Bumble flower beetle grub adult bumble flower stinging insecttles feed on a variety of sweet or fermenting liquids including the bacterial ooze produced by infections in many trees.
Bumble flower beetle larvae are easily confused with larvae of other related scarab beetles. Like the bumble flower beetle most other scarab beetles in colorado are beneficial and help recycle nutrients in organic matter such as dung and kitchen waste. The bumble flower beetle is one half to two thirds inch in length mottled brown and fuzzy. Some of the posts on garden forums even recommend the use of milky spore disease to kill these white grubs even though this material is not an effective control option for the scarabs we have in colorado on this side of the continental.
