| 5462655 |
white-spotted rose beetle |
Oxythyrea funesta |
head |
| 5429644 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5429651 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5429655 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5429647 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5429648 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5429649 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5429650 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5193003 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5193004 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5193005 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5310053 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Adults are broad, flattened beetles about 5.7 mm long, 3.2 mm wide and dark brown to nearly black in color. Adults are red just after pupation and soon thereafter become blackish. They move rapidly across comb and are difficult to pick up; Queensland. Palmwood, 19 May 2004, C. Smith, in bee hive. |
| 5310054 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Elytra: broad, flattened beetles about 5.7 mm long, 3.2 mm wide and dark brown to nearly black in color. Adults are red just after pupation and soon thereafter become blackish. They move rapidly across comb and are difficult to pick up; Queensland. Palmwood, 19 May 2004, C. Smith, in bee hive. |
| 5310055 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Broad, flattened beetles about 5.7 mm long, 3.2 mm wide and dark brown to nearly black in color; Queensland. Palmwood, 19 May 2004, C. Smith, in bee hive. |
| 5310056 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Broad, flattened beetles about 5.7 mm long, 3.2 mm wide and dark brown to nearly black in color; Queensland. Palmwood, 19 May 2004, C. Smith, in bee hive. |
| 5310057 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
The larvae are elongate, whitish grubs with rows of small spines along the back. Larvae look superficially like wax moth larvae, but the legs of beetle larvae are larger, more pronounced, and restricted to near the head. Beetle larvae do not spin webs or cocoons in the bee hive but rather pupate in the soil outside the hive; Queensland. Palmwood, 19 May 2004, C. Smith, in bee hive. |
| 5310058 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
The larvae are elongate, whitish grubs with rows of small spines along the back. Larvae look superficially like wax moth larvae, but the legs of beetle larvae are larger, more pronounced, and restricted to near the head. Beetle larvae do not spin webs or cocoons in the bee hive but rather pupate in the soil outside the hive; Queensland. Palmwood, 19 May 2004, C. Smith, in bee hive. |
| 5310059 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
The larvae are elongate, whitish grubs with rows of small spines along the back. Larvae look superficially like wax moth larvae, but the legs of beetle larvae are larger, more pronounced, and restricted to near the head. Beetle larvae do not spin webs or cocoons in the bee hive but rather pupate in the soil outside the hive; Queensland. Palmwood, 19 May 2004, C. Smith, in bee hive. |
| 5310060 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
The larvae are elongate, whitish grubs with rows of small spines along the back. Larvae look superficially like wax moth larvae, but the legs of beetle larvae are larger, more pronounced, and restricted to near the head. Beetle larvae do not spin webs or cocoons in the bee hive but rather pupate in the soil outside the hive; Queensland. Palmwood, 19 May 2004, C. Smith, in bee hive. |
| 5310061 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Broad, flattened beetles about 5.7 mm long, 3.2 mm wide and dark brown to nearly black in color. Adults are red just after pupation and soon thereafter become blackish. They move rapidly across comb and are difficult to pick up; Queensland. Palmwood, 19 May 2004, C. Smith, in bee hive. |
| 5310062 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Adults are broad, flattened beetles about 5.7 mm long, 3.2 mm wide and dark brown to nearly black in color. Adults are red just after pupation and soon thereafter become blackish. They move rapidly across comb and are difficult to pick up; Queensland. Palmwood, 19 May 2004, C. Smith, in bee hive. |
| 5310063 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Adults are broad, flattened beetles about 5.7 mm long, 3.2 mm wide and dark brown to nearly black in color; Queensland. Palmwood, 19 May 2004, C. Smith, in bee hive. |
| 5310064 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Pronotum; Queensland. Palmwood, 19 May 2004, C. Smith, in bee hive. |
| 5310065 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5193006 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5193007 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
larvae in supers |
| 5193008 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
larvae in supers |
| 5140037 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
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| 5025041 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Adult honey bees guarding a small hive beetle adult. |
| 5025042 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Adult small hive beetle on frame of honey. |
| 5025044 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Small hive beetle larvae on a comb of honey; 1 September, 2004 |
| 5025045 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Small hive beetle larvae in honey bee feeder; 1 September, 2004 |
| 5025046 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
2003; Grahamstown, South Africa |
| 5025048 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
dorsal and ventral views; Grahamstown, South Africa; 2003 |
| 5025076 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Left of photo shows area of brood protected from small hive beetles. Right of photo shows area of brood exposed to small hive beetles for 24 hours. |
| 5025077 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Capping of brood cell removed to show small hive beetle eggs oviposited on honey bee prepupae |
| 5025078 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Left photo shows hole in brood capping made by female small hive beetle. Right photo shows numerous beetle eggs on honey bee prepupa when the cell capping is removed. |
| 5047046 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Adult small hive beetle on frame of honey; 27 August, 2004 |
| 5047047 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Trap used within a bee colony to capture small hive beetles adults; 27 August, 2004 |