Sunflower
Haplorynchites aeneus
Sunflower beetle Adult is .25 in. long with yellow strips length of wing
Zygogramma exclamationis covers. Humpback yellow larvae causes large areas of
defoliation.
Sunflower maggot Adult a yellow fly with dark wing markings, smaller than
Strauzia longipennis housefly. Maggots burrow in stem.
Red sunflower seed weevil Adult about 1/8 in. long, rusty colored, and found in head.
Smicronyx fulvus Adult female drills egg hole in developing seed and lays
egg in hole. Larvae internal to seed; white legless with
dark head capsule.
Gray sunflower seed weevil Adult about 1/8 in. long, gray colored; has behavior
Smicronyx sordidus similar to red sunflower seed weevil.
Sunflower stem weevil A robust brown and white spotted snout beetle found on
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