Pest Photo

Joseph Benzel, Screening Aids, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org

Ambrosia beetle

Megaplatypus mutatus

For more information about this plant pest, see the CAPS data sheet.

Survey Maps

1/2020 - Bark beetles control pathogenic fungi
9/2019 - UF/IFAS Researchers Continue Work on Saving Guacamole's Key Ingredient
10/2018 - Tiny beetle is killing SA's trees - and nothing can stop it
4/2018 - Fungus farming beetles wilting our understory

Approved Methods for Pest Surveillance