Pest on crop
Fig Beetle on fig
Cotinis mutabilis
Large green scarab beetle that feeds on ripe figs in the western US.
- Pest
- Fig Beetle
- Scientific name
- Cotinis mutabilis
- Crop
- Fig
- Total hosts
- 1
Fig Beetle on fig
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Signs on fig
- ▸ Adult beetles on ripe fruit
- ▸ Damaged fig flesh
- ▸ Increased pressure in late summer
IPM controls
- ✓ Daily harvest of ripe fruit
- ✓ Bagging ripening fruit
- ✓ Removal of fallen fruit and compost piles harboring grubs
Other crops affected by fig beetle
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