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scale picnic beetle Photo by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, , Bugwood.org Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta) Order: Coleoptera Family: Nitidulidae Genus: Cybocephalus Species: nipponicus Scientific Name Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Younga

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Identification 3 Biology 4 As a biological control 4.1 Commercial Suppliers

Introduction

Identification

Biology

As a biological control

The scale picnic beetle, Cybocephalus nipponicus, is a small black (female) to black/orange (male) beetle. It feeds on armored scales, including euonymus scale, San Jose scale, and elongate hemlock scale. It may also be a predator of other scales.

Commercial Suppliers

Company	State	Country
Great Lakes IPM, Inc.	MI	USA
Greenfire	CA	USA
GreenMethods	NH	USA
IPM Laboratories, Inc.	NY	USA
Rincon-Vitova Insectaries, Inc.	CA	USA