Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Opuntia humifusa (Eastern Prickly Pear) [Cactaceae]
(observations are from Vestal, Froeschner, Clark et al., Rider, Hart & Gleason, Baranowski & Slater)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Chrysomelidae: Chrysolina auripennis Vst1913, Longitarsus arenaceus [found underneath this cactus] Clk2004
Diptera (Flies)
Syrphidae: Copestylum vittatum [larvae live in cactus flesh] HG1907
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Coreidae: Chelinidea vittiger [sucks juices from pads & fruits, oligophagous, found as far north as Tennessee & Virginia] Fr1942 BS1986; Pentatomidae: Chlorachroa persimilis [punctures tips of fruits] Vst1913, Chlorochroa uhleri Rid2009