Why is Your Cup of Coffee so Expensive? Because of a Tiny Bark Beetle!

Sometimes an insect pest attacking crops in places as far away as Indonesia or Ethiopia can be very important to us here in Florida. One such insect is the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), a tiny (1.5 mm) bark beetle that originated in the hig...

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Main Author: Jiri Hulcr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2013-11-01
Series:EDIS
Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/125880
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