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COLEOPTERA, Lathridiidae Please refer also to the
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These are called "minute brown scavenger
beetles," which are found in moldy places and debris and occasionally on
flowers. Adults of Enicmus minutus L. feed extensively on the beech scale, Cryptococcus fagi Baer, in England. The South American Coccidophilus citricola
Brethes, is predatory in its active stages on diaspine Coccidae (Flanders
1936b). Females lay their eggs
beneath the host scale covering, and hatching occurs in 8-9 days. The larvae feed for 10 days, but the stage
persists for 13-20 days. They pupate
in crevices, and adult beetles emerge 5 days later. The life cycle from egg to adult is 27-35 days at 24-27°C. (Clausen 1940/62). References: Please refer
to <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional
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