There are several crops that can prevent flea beetles from taking up residence in your garden, including catnip, basil, thyme ...

An Agriculture Canada entomologist is experimenting with trap crops and marigolds at an Ag in Motion demonstration cropplot ...

A: The damage is likely caused by flea beetles. Flea beetles are shiny, oval blue-black beetles, about 1/10-inch long. The larvae are tiny and gray in color. Flea beetles prefer hot and dry ...

Flea beetles may be black, brown, bronze, or have white or yellow stripes. You also may see tiny holes in a shot-hole pattern chewed in plant leaves, with seedings particularly affected.

Flea beetles are here to stay, are tiny and will have some impact on your garden if you’ve got them. Organic gardening is about finding balance, not controlling nature for our benefit alone.

Flea beetles can cover vegetable leaves with holes. ... Bayer Sprayday Greenfly Killer and Westland Plant Rescue Fruit & Vegetable Bug Killer will also kill flea beetle. For a totally pesticide-free ...

The holes weaken plants, stunt their growth, and can kill seedlings. Flea beetles can also spread diseases like bacterial wilt and fungal blight, affecting crops like radishes, eggplants, tomatoes ...