Insect Management Handbook

Ascosphaera torchioi

Monodontomerus spp.

Tricrania stansburyi

Physoconops fronto

Zodion obliquefasciatum

Tetramorium caespitum

Pest description and damage Pavement ants (2-3 mm) are dark brown with paler legs and antennae. Ant nests can be found in exposed soils, under pavement or stones and in alkali bee beds. Ants will actively kill adult bees to get to and consume bee larvae and pollen from bee cells.

Management-chemical control

Heterostylum robustum

Meloe niger

Includes

Monodontomerus obscurus, M. montivagus, M. osmiae, and Pteromalus venustus

Black banded woolly bear (Pyrrhactica isabella)

Pest description Adults have tan wings with faint black spots and black spots on the back of the abdomen. Larvae are fuzzy, with black bands at the front and rear and a reddish band in the middle. Larvae are generalist plant feeders.

Management-chemical control

Homoeosoma electellum