Pest on crop
Flea Beetle on broccoli
Multiple species (Chrysomelidae)
Tiny black or bronze jumping beetles that put hundreds of small holes in seedling leaves. Most damaging on direct-seeded brassicas and young eggplant.
- Pest
- Flea Beetle
- Scientific name
- Multiple species (Chrysomelidae)
- Crop
- Broccoli
- Total hosts
- 17
Flea Beetle on broccoli
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Signs on broccoli
- ▸ Many tiny round shotholes in leaves giving 'shotgun' appearance
- ▸ Stunted seedlings
- ▸ Beetles jumping when disturbed
IPM controls
- ✓ Floating row cover at seeding or transplant
- ✓ Trap crops with mustard or radish along field edges
- ✓ Kaolin clay (Surround) on susceptible plants
- ✓ Beneficial nematodes for larval stage in soil
- ✓ Delay planting until plants are larger and can outgrow damage
Other crops affected by flea beetle
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