Article: Flea beetles leave a clue.(Home Front)

Article: Defensive Weapons; Battling Slugs, Flea Beetles, ...
The Washington Post;  May 23, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... been ideal for the proliferation of flea beetles. These tiny, black, hard-shelled ... perforations, sapping the strength of plants. Flea beetles are not choosy about what they eat ... radishes and turnips. Along with slugs and flea beetles come aphids, which suck juice from ...

Article: Battling Flea Beetles; Their Early Appearance Is a ...
The Washington Post;  May 19, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... than the black flea beetle. Adult flea beetles, so called because of their pinhead ... is. Many organic gardeners shrug off flea beetles if the pests attack adult plants because ... produce normally. The real devastation of flea beetles occurs on newly planted seedlings ...

Article: Battle plans thwart flea beetles' ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  June 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... My garden is hopping with trouble: flea beetles. Just mention them and I panic, scurrying ... when protecting seedlings from attack. Flea beetles are one of the earliest enemies to arrive ... fossilized algae, is a good way to repel flea beetles. The dust irritates the body of the ...

Article: US ARS: "Spurgefest" will offer flea beetles a ...
M2 Presswire;  June 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... US ARS: "Spurgefest" will offer flea beetles a feast (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS ... Researchers plan to give away up to 10 million flea beetles (Aphthona species) to ranchers and ... running rampant. Several species of flea beetles were among the most useful insects they ...

Article: Flea beetles help destroy noxious weed.
American News (Aberdeen, SD);  July 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... thousands of small, dark bugs. The flea beetles are nature's own weed repellent ... want them. Keatts learned about the flea beetles when he was collecting them for the ... of beetles are released in a field. Flea beetles can also be purchased. Moehring said ...

Article: Flea Beetles Invade Alberta's Horticultural Crops.
Resource News International;  May 23, 2001 ;     567 words ... ... spring wheat is proving to be a haven for flea beetles with large numbers of the pest said ... cole crops," the province said. "Flea beetles are small, dark, jumping beetles that ... the market proven effective against flea beetles," adds Motta. Resource News International ...

Article: Voracious flea beetles consuming gardens all over ...
Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM);  June 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... all over the City Different. They are flea beetles, leaf-eating pests busily munching ... Periodically, for unknown reasons, flea beetles develop a voracious appetite, according ... he found chamisa bushes loaded with flea beetles recently. "There's scads of them ...