Please Is This Insect Farmer's Friendly? - Agriculture

Please Is This Insect Farmer's Friendly? - Agriculture - Nairaland

I see a lot of these beetle like insect on my flowering mango tree. I do not know if this is a pest or helpful.
I intend killing them.

Sun beetle

Whalis:
I see a lot of these beetle like insect on my flowering mango tree. I do not know if this is a pest or helpful.
I intend killing them.

They help the trees fruit better

It is eatable

Wujio:
They help the trees fruit better

I have started killing them oooo

It's a pest

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Whalis:
I see a lot of these beetle like insect on my flowering mango tree. I do not know if this is a pest or helpful.
I intend killing them.

Beetles are usually pests. Their only economic importance is that they help till the soil. Well, some can also eat them undecided

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IamAsiri:
Beetles are usually pests. Their only economic importance is that they help till the soil. Well, some can also eat them .

We use to catch this beetles as a kid,tie thread on their legs then let them hovers around like helicopters.

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bizzibodi:
We use to catch this beetles as a kid,tie thread on their legs then let them hovers around like helicopters.

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