Grapevine beetle
The grapevine beetle is a chunky, shiny beetle the colour of butterscotch, with four black dots on each side. It is about as long as a big grape. On summer nights it zooms around lights in fast, curvy loops.
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Fun facts
Beetles in the north often have darker legs and more spots, while some in the south have no spots at all.
Its larvae can grow about 5 centimetres long, longer than the beetle itself.
It takes two whole years to grow from an egg into a beetle.
Even though it eats grape leaves, it usually does not do much harm to the vines.
Long ago one scientist thought there were 11 different kinds, but they all turned out to be the same beetle.
Most asked questions about Grapevine beetle
?Is the grapevine beetle harmful?
No. It does not hurt people, and it rarely does much damage to grapevines.
?What does a grapevine beetle eat?
Grown-ups eat grape leaves and fruit. The larvae eat rotting wood in the soil.
?How big is a grapevine beetle?
It is about 2.5 to 3 centimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pelidnota punctata
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Spotted June beetle, Spotted pelidnota
Where the facts come from
- Pelidnota punctata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Bruce Marlin. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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