Several studies have tested EPNs against sugarcane pests, especially against the sugarcane
billbug, Sphenophorus levis (Vaurie, 1978) (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), the larvae of which feed on sugarcane underground stems + rhizomes, damaging up to 80% of the stems and reducing cane productivity by 30%.
Seasonality, development and cultural control of the hunting
billbug. Environmental Institute for Golf.
Verl is susceptible to feeding damage from the maize
billbug, Sphenophorus maidis (Chittenden), and the southern cornstalk borer, Diatraea crambidoides (Grote).
Insect problems vary regionally and seasonally In Idaho's Snake River basin,
billbug is a summer problem.
Hunting
billbug (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) life cycle and damaging life stages in North Carolina, with notes on other
billbug species abundance.
Southern masked chafer Cyclocephala lurida Northern masked chafer Cyclocephala borealis European chafer Rhizotrogus majalis Green June beetle Cotinus nitida Asiatic garden beetle Maladera castanea Oriental beetle Exomala orientalis Black turfgrass ataenius Ataenius spretulus Bluegrass
billbug Sphenophorus parvulus Denver
billbug Sphenophorus cicatristriatus Hunting
billbug Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Phoenix
billbug Sphenophorus phoeniciensis Tawny mole cricket Scapteriscus vicinus Southern mole cricket Scapteriscus borellii Short-winged mole cricket Scapteriscus abbreviatus Wireworms Various genera and species Ground pearls Margarodes spp.
Bordeaux exhibited moderately good resistance to
billbug (Sphenophorus spp.) damage and above average overall turf quality under a low maintenance regime (Bonos et al., 2002).
The hunting
billbug, Sphenophorus venatus vestitus (Chittenden) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an abundant, widespread, and damaging
billbug species in the U.S.A.
For example, using a March 1 starting date, the first activity of bluegrass
billbug adults in the spring occurs between 280 and 350 degree days (base = 50[degrees]F).
We examined several plants and found that they were infested by the bluegrass
billbug, which feeds on roots and growing points.
The hunting
billbug (HBB) (Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden) has been listed as a damaging pest of turfgrass from New Jersey (Johnson-Cicalese & Funk 1990), south to Georgia (Morrill & Suber 1976) and Florida (Kelsheimer 1956); west to Kansas (Brissell & Clark 1968), Texas, California, and Hawaii (Davis & Krauss 1964; LaPlante 1966) and throughout the Caribbean Islands (Vaurie 1951; Vittum et al.
At Rock Springs, plots in one block were severely damaged by the bluegrass
billbug (Sphenophorus parvulus Gyllenhal); therefore, this block was discarded.