Contro 

 White- 



ling 

 Fringed 



White-fringed beetles T can seriously 

 damage your field and garden crops 

 and ornamental plants unless you take 

 proper control measures. Both larvae 

 and adults feed on more than 300 

 species of plants. 



RANGE AND SPREAD 



White-fringed beetles occur in many 

 parts of the Southeastern Lnited States 

 up to northern Virginia and west to 



1 Graphognathus spp. 



Missouri. They could spread as far 

 north as Pennsylvania to southern 

 Iowa, and to irrigated areas of the 

 Western States. 



The eggs, larvae, and adults are 

 easily spread in commerce. Eggs can 

 be attached to plants, farm machinery, 

 or other objects that come in contact 

 with the soil, and in hay harvested 

 from infested fields in late summer or 

 fall. Larvae are transported in soil, sod. 

 nursery stock, and root crops. The 

 adults attach themselves to seed cotton. 



Feeding of adult white-fringed beetle. 



