Flea Beetle 🪲 seen in my garden, around 2-2.5mm
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The oleanders after watering. Flea beetle rummaging thru the plants.
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Flea Beetle seen on my woodland walk
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Leaf Beetle-Flea Beetle 🪲 seen on my woodland walk
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And so begins establishing my network on here after moving across from Twitter.
Behold the #Brassica #oilseedrape #OSR and #CSFB #fleabeetle

Meet the Flea Beetle (Alticinae), a tiny leaf-chewing gymnast spotted right by Little Etobicoke Creek. Glad I didn’t overlook this metallic gold and black beauty. 🪲🪶🌿🦉🍁

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I have the National Collection of fleabeetle (have you tried Lawrence D Hills idea for doing away with them? put double sided type round the platform bit of a child's toy car or cart and run it along the row so they jump onto the tape. I've not tried it, I just live with the beetles).

🟤 A small beetle, brushed in bronze, glowing softly against green.

Fun fact: Flea beetles can leap many times their body length using powerful spring-like back legs.

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#LiteratureNotice Vavilapalli & Joseph. Biometrics of Systena frontalis (Coleoptera: #Chrysomelidae) on #Hydrangea paniculata Siebold doi.org/10.1093/aesa... #Beetle #Beetles #redheadedfleabeetle #fleabeetle

We have a #fleabeetle infestation at our allotment site which has seriously damaged all brassicas. Usually get a bit of damage to rocket seedlings in spring, and that's it, but this year we're wondering if we'll get any usable crops. Calabrese has had it. Left hand pic is a kale seedling.

Red alert, landscapers! Watch out for the red-headed flea #fleaBeetle invasion 🐜! Protect your ornamentals and keep your business blooming 🌸. Stay tuned for management tips and tackle those pests effectively! #LandscapingTips #PestControl

So.... perhaps breeding crops which do not 'smell right' to insect pests, and hence ignored? #FleaBeetle

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We finally have the results of our #frass on #fleabeetle test. We think our frass worked! We personally tasted the #potatoes & they got a solid thumbs up!

If you are an expert on this topic, we'd love some input. Did frass do anything magical here?