Bumble Flower Scarab Beetle. In spring the beetles emerge mate and females seek sites of moist decaying organic matter to lay eggs. 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.
Glaphyridae is a family of beetles commonly known as bumble bee scarab beetles. It wasn t a bee at all but euphoria a fantastic scarab beetle. 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.
Glaphyridae is a family of beetles commonly known as bumble bee scarab beetles.
It wasn t a bee at all but euphoria a fantastic scarab beetle. Bumble flower beetle larvae are easily confused with larvae of other related scarab beetles. Bumble flower beetle and wood nymph blogger dragonfly woman got pretty excited too when she saw her first one. The overwintering stage is the adult beetle which burrows into the soil for cover during the fall.
