What is the coffee berry borer?
The coffee berry borer, or CBB, has an interesting life cycle. The tiny (1.5-mm) bark beetle spends its entire larval life inside the coffee berry, which encases the seed, commonly known as the coffee bean. Males mate inside the berry with females, but never emerge. Only mated females emerge to fly to a new berry and bore into it to lay eggs and start the cycle anew. Only while outside the berry are the adult female borers vulnerable to predators or chemical controls.
