Cherry elephant [1] ( lat. Epirhynchites (Rhynchites) auratus ) is a golden raspberry-colored beetle , 5 to 9 mm long [2] , and belongs to the family of bukarok .
| Cherry elephant |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Superfamily : | Curculionoid |
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Epirhynchites auratus Epirhynchites auratus Scopoli , 1763 |
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Content
Females of a cherry elephant lay their eggs in the forming fruits of cherries and cherries , gnawing a groove in the fruit pulp, place one egg in the shell of another soft bone. Each female can lay about one and a half hundred eggs. After about a week [2] , a legless white larva emerges from the egg, which penetrates the bone and feeds on its core, eating away all the contents. About a month later, the grown larvae are selected from the fruit, fall to the ground and pupate in the soil at a depth of 12-14 cm, where they winter. Young beetles appear in spring, during the flowering of cherries. At first, eating buds, young leaves and flowers, and after flowering - the ovaries of cherries and cherries, eating the young fruits completely or eating them nostril openings. About two weeks after the cherry blossoms, the beetles begin to lay their eggs.
Pest of fruit crops. It mainly damages cherries and cherries, rarely plums and other stone fruits. The harm is manifested in the fact that beetles eat kidneys, ovaries and fruits. With the mass appearance of a cherry elephant can completely destroy the crop.
