Summary:
Adult pollen (bronzed-blossom) beetles (Meligethes aeneus/Brassicogethes aeneus) overwinter in the soil. The beetles become active in early spring and fly to flowering brassica crops about a month later, where they feed on the buds and flowers. The model simulates the development of cohorts of 500 individuals through spring emergence, egg laying and hatching, larval and pupal development and emergence, followed by dispersal of the new generation of adult beetles