Green beetle
Namibian crop pests  #  101
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Note: Due to an expected increase in cotton production in Northern Namibia, all insects found on cotton or other Malvaceae plants are recorded and collected as if they were pests. Many beetles are attracted to these yellow flowers and are therefore included. Most likely, many of them will turn out to be harmless pollen eaters. 
 

Green beetle visiting the flower of Eshilalodi ("sheep's tail")

 

Common names: 

 No vernacular names were recorded. 

Pest status:

 The pest status is unknown.

The green beetle was first noticed on the flowers of an edible weed, Eshilalodi, (Hermbstaedtia or Celosia sp.). When cotton was planted at Mahenene Research Station, the beetle turned up in large numbers on the yellow flowers. The beetles are often in pairs in the same flower.

Distribution:

 The green beetle is very common at Mahenene Research station, Omusati region.

Description:

 A conspicuous green beetle with brown thorax, 11 mm long. 

Control:

 No control is recommended until the pest status is known

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