Insect Management Handbook

Cephalcia californica

Scutigerella immaculata

Pest description and crop damage Active, white, fragile, centipede-like soilborne relatives of insects, 0.25 inch in length, with 12 or more pairs of legs. They damage table beet primarily early in the season by feeding on germinating seed or on small roots of seedling plants. Symphylans are in unpredictably spotty infestations and generally are considered minor pests.

Management-chemical control

Includes

Big headed ant (Pheidole megacephala)
Pavement ant (Tetramorium caespitum)
Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)

Xylotrechus nauticus

Prionus californicus