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Flee beetles
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:35 pm
by Granny
Just browsing through January's magazine trying to take my mind off all the things I ought to be doing, when I saw a picture of a 'flee beetle' on P.35. I've never heard of them before. Are they so fast you can't ever actually see them, or maybe just very timid?!
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Granny
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:41 pm
by alan refail
Granny
They're flea beetles - they jump - and eat brasica seedlings
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles04 ... beetle.asp
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:44 pm
by oldherbaceous
Dear Granny, i have a big problem with these little critters at my allotments.
They are very troublesome to the brassica family, while they are at an early stage.
They are quite small, but you can see them on the small leaves, before you get to close and they ping off to safety.
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:25 pm
by Granny
I know about flea beetles - look at the spelling on the caption on P.35.
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:58 pm
by alan refail
Granny
Naughty naughty
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:11 pm
by oldherbaceous
Dear Granny that was just too clever for me,
well spotted.