Both larval and adult beetles often have chewing mouthparts and eat plants, so both growth stages are of concern for control. Moths and butterflies are other examples, where the larva is a caterpillar ...

• Chewing mouthparts. Plant tissue is bitten, ripped, torn or rasped off. Damage includes holes in leaves, buds, roots, seeds, fruits or woody parts of plants; missing leaves; ...

They are usually rounded, have hardened forewings that must be raised for flight, and possess chewing mouthparts. Let’s check out what beetles eat. What Foods Do Beetles Eat?

Chewing mouthparts are visible and the larva has worked its way across the blade. It looks as if a razor blade has precisely shaved a stripe across the blade’s epidermis.

That perception might stem from cicadas’ lack of obvious chewing mouthparts, like those possessed by very hungry caterpillars, says James Hepler, a research entomologist at the U.S. Arid Land ...

Crane flies are usually one of the first signs that spring is here. Texas A&M AgriLife's website says the larvae, often found under layers of decomposing leaves, have chewing mouthparts and feed ...