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You may retrieve this article by: Autoresponder: fleabeetle@getresponse.com Website: http://www.apluswriting.net/articles/fleabeetle.txt Words: 449 Copyright: 2005 Marilyn Pokorney Please leave the resource box intact with an active link, and send a courtesy copy of the publication in which the article appears to: marilynp@nctc.net --------------------------------------- Flea beetles are more of a nuisance than a threat to a healthy garden. , Part 3 - Different Types Of Home Foundations And When To Use But if found on seedlings they can kill the plants. , Garden Leaf Blowers - More Power to Your Elbow On larger, well-established plants , How to Get Rid of Standing Water in Your Yard they do little harm. However, in corn , Furnishing and decorating your own home and potatoes flea beetles can transmit serious diseases. , Home Improvement Projects That Really Pay Off Potato beetles may transmit early blight. Corn , How To Save Your Fruit Tree Blossoms From A Spring Freeze. flea beetles can transmit a bacterium called Stewart's Wilt. The adults are tiny ranging from 1/16 to 1/4 inch long and are various colors, , Safety Steps For Riding Lawn Tractors including black, greenish or bluish black, green , I Love Flowers or yellow. They have enlarged hind legs which enable them to jump like fleas. The larvae are slender, white , Thinking about building a Log Cabin? grubs which feed on roots, , I Love Flowers tubers, and lower stems underground. Flea beetles overwinter as adults among debris in or near fields or host plants. , Tulip Divisions - Garden tulips and their identities. At the end of the year remove plants , Using roses in the landscape and surface debris to remove hibernating material. Eggs are deposited in soil , Part 3 - Different Types Of Home Foundations And When To Use near the bases of host plants , Garden Leaf Blowers - More Power to Your Elbow and may require a week or more to hatch. Treating the soil , Popular bulbs for the home gardener with beneficial nematodes can help control the larvae. Plant later than usual so warmer temperatures , A Look at Washington DC Flower Delivery Services can help plants , Thinking about building a Log Cabin? to outgrow the feeding beetles. Use rotation planting. Don't plant , Free Satellite TV - Myth? Real? or It's Just a Joke? the same crop in the same bed , Part 3 - Different Types Of Home Foundations And When To Use the next year. Dusting plants , Sump Pump Installation For Do-It-Yourselfers with Diatomaceous earth, , Thinking about building a Log Cabin? ashes, ground limestone, or even flour has been used successfully. Homemade sticky traps work well. Flea beetles are attracted to the colors , Rose Winter Care Tips of white , Tips On How To Care For Fresh Cut Tropicals and yellow. For white , Kitchen Design � Understanding the Work Triangle and Kitch traps cut milk jugs sides, other white , Part 3 - Different Types Of Home Foundations And When To Use plastic containers, or styrofoam meat trays into pieces about four to six inches square. Coat the pieces with something sticky. Petroleum jelly, lard, grease and non-setting glue have all been found useful. Wash off the captured beetles and reuse. For a yellow trap take flypaper and attach it to something solid like a lightweight board that can be set upright or heavy cardboard attached to a wooden , Matching & Co-ordinating Your Home To Make It More Desirable stake. Some people have found beer traps successful. 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