Scouting Guides for Problems of Vegetables
Scouting Guides for Problems of Vegetables

Potato Flea Beetle on Solanaceous Crops

Potato Flea Beetle on Solanaceous Crops

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Potato flea beetle (Epitrix cucumeris). The potato flea beetle is about 1⁄16 inch long and feeds on tomato and potato plants. They differ from the tobacco flea beetle in that they are uniformly colored black to brown.

Potato flea beetles.

Potato flea beetles.

(Photo: UK Vegetable IPM Team)

   

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