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Adults and larvae feed on leaves and fruits. Larvae (grub stage) of some like Japanese or cucumber beetles, feed on plant roots, which can kill the plant.</FONT></center> <br> <br> <br> <center><b><FONT SIZE=3 color="CC0000">COLORADO POTATO BEETLE</FONT></center> <center><IMG SRC="colorado-potato-beetle.jpg" WIDTH=175 HEIGHT=146 ALIGN=left VSPACE=12 HSPACE=12 alt="organic gardening,gardening"></FONT></center> <br> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>Found on the leaves of vegetables, especially eggplant, potato, and some flowers.</FONT></center> <br> <center><b><FONT SIZE=3 color="007700">CONTROLS INCLUDE</FONT></center><b> <br> <FONT SIZE=3>BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS - Bt (a naturally occurring bacterial disease of insects) will kill them in the larvae stage.</FONT></center> <BR> <BR> <CENTER><b><FONT SIZE=3>ORGANIC NEEM OIL - a brown liquid with garlic odor - used as a fungicide/insecticide/miticide with a toxicity to fish and invertebrates. It is best used in the evening to protect beneficial insects.</FONT></center> <BR> <CENTER><b><FONT SIZE=3>INTERCROPPING AND COMPANION PLANTING</FONT></center> <BR> <CENTER><b><FONT SIZE=3>ROTONONE-PYRETHRIN SPRAYS OR POWDERS which also have a toxicity to fish and invertebrates, and should be used in the evening to protect beneficial insects</FONT></center> <BR> <CENTER><b><FONT SIZE=3>HANDPICKING INSECTS OFF THE PLANTS</FONT></center> <BR> <CENTER><b><FONT SIZE=3>COVERING CROPS WITH FLOATING ROW COVERS</FONT></center> <br> <br> <br> <center><b><FONT SIZE=3 color="CC0000">CUCUMBER BEETLE</FONT></center> <center><IMG SRC="Cucumber-beetle.jpg" WIDTH=175 HEIGHT=146 ALIGN=right VSPACE=12 HSPACE=12 alt="organic gardening,gardening"></FONT></center> <BR> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>Found on leaves, flowers, and roots of many vegetables including the cucumber family</FONT></center> <br> <center><b><FONT SIZE=3 color="007700">CONTROLS INCLUDE</FONT></center><b> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>ROTONONE-PYRETHRIN SPRAYS OR POWDERS which also have a toxicity to fish and invertebrates, and should be used in the evening to protect beneficial insects</FONT></center><b> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>COVERING CROPS WITH FLOATING ROW COVERS</FONT></center> <br> <br> <br> <center><b><FONT SIZE=3 color="CC0000">FLEA BEETLE</FONT></center> <center><IMG SRC="flea-beetle.jpg" WIDTH=175 HEIGHT=146 ALIGN=left VSPACE=12 HSPACE=12 alt="organic gardening,gardening"></FONT></center> <BR> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>These are tiny hopping black beetles that chew holes in plant leaves, and can spread diseases such as early blight to potatoes or bacterial wilt to corn. Larvae feed on the plant roots. In the southwest after a rain during the hot summer months, we have seen puddles of them, a black mass huddling and moving with a wave like motion.</FONT></center> <br> <center><b><FONT SIZE=3 color="007700">CONTROLS INCLUDE</FONT></center> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>ROTONONE will kill the adult beetles by dusting on the plants, but taking care around fish and invertebrates, and using it in the evening to protect beneficial insects. </FONT></center> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>INSECTICIDAL SOAP can be sprayed on the leaves to deter them.</FONT></center> <br> <center><FONT SIZE=3>KEEPING THE GARDEN CLEANED up and removing any dead plant debris</FONT></center> <br> <br> <br> <center><b><FONT SIZE=3 color="CC0000">JAPANESE BEETLE</FONT></center> <center><IMG SRC="Japanese-Beetle.jpg" WIDTH=175 HEIGHT=146 ALIGN=right VSPACE=12 HSPACE=12 alt="organic gardening,gardening"></FONT></center> <BR> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>Adults feed on ornamental and edible crops, chewing leaf tissue between the veins leaving a lacy skeleton. Before they pupating, they are 1-inch-long, white, c-shaped grubs living in the soil and feeding on roots and they are often a problem in lawns.</FONT></center> <br> <center><b><FONT SIZE=3 color="007700">CONTROLS INCLUDE</FONT></center><b> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>NEEM OIL will deter adult beetles by spraying plants, but taking care around fish and invertebrates, and using it in the evening to protect beneficial insects. </FONT></center> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>PARASITIC NEMATODES can be sprayed on lawns and garden beds for grub control</FONT></center> <br> <center><FONT SIZE=3>HAND PICKING and dropping them into a bucket of soapy water.</FONT></center> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>COVERING CROPS WITH FLOATING ROW COVERS</FONT></center> <br> <br> <br> <center><b><FONT SIZE=3 color="CC0000">MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE</FONT></center> <center><IMG SRC="mexican-bean-beetle.jpg" WIDTH=175 HEIGHT=146 ALIGN=left VSPACE=12 HSPACE=12 alt="organic gardening,gardening"></FONT></center> <BR> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>These are related to ladybugs but are not beneficial. The adults have sixteen black spots on their back and the Larvae are fat, spiny yellow grubs 1/3 inch long. Both feed on foliage, leaving plant leaves a skeleton of veins. Adults overwinter on plant leaves, in late spring or early summer lay clusters of yellow eggs on the undersides of leaves, and there can be one to four generations a year depending on different climates.</FONT></center> <br> <center><b><FONT SIZE=3 color="007700">CONTROLS INCLUDE</FONT></center> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>PONDS will encourage toads, frogs, and birds.</FONT></center> <br> <center><FONT SIZE=3>SPINED SOLDIER BUGS are the general predator.</FONT></center> <br> <center><FONT SIZE=3>NEEM OIL will deter adult beetles by spraying plants, but taking care around fish and invertebrates, and using it in the evening to protect beneficial insects. </FONT></center> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>INSECTICIDAL SOAP AND OILS can be sprayed on the leaves.</FONT></center> <br> <center><FONT SIZE=3>PEDIO WASPS (Pediobius faveolatus) will parasitize adult mexican bean beetles</FONT></center> <br> <center><FONT SIZE=3>HAND PICKING and dropping them into a bucket of soapy water</FONT></center> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>PLANTING RESISTENT varieties of beans</FONT></center> <br> <center><FONT SIZE=3>COVERING CROPS WITH FLOATING ROW COVERS</FONT></center> <br> <center><FONT SIZE=3>KEEPING THE GARDEN CLEANED up and removing any dead plant debris</FONT></center> <br> <br> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>For more information on beetles go to<FONT SIZE=2><a href="http://www.goliathus.com/en/gallery.php"target="_blank"><b> Goliathus.com</b></a></font> <br> </blockquote> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <br> <br> <br> <center> <table Border="6" cell padding="3" width="90%"> <tr> <td> <blockquote> <br> <br> <center><b><FONT SIZE=4 color="007700">CATEPILLARS</FONT></center> <br> <br> <center><b><FONT SIZE=3 color="CC0000">TOMATO HORNWORM</FONT></center> <center><IMG SRC="tomato-hormworm.jpg" WIDTH=175 HEIGHT=146 ALIGN=left VSPACE=12 HSPACE=12 alt="organic gardening,gardening"></FONT></center> <center><IMG SRC="sphinx-low2.jpg" WIDTH=175 HEIGHT=146 ALIGN=right VSPACE=12 HSPACE=12 alt="organic gardening,gardening"></FONT></center> <BR> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>A big fat green caterpillar that can grow up to 5 inches long, and feeds on leaves and fruits of eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes for about a month and then enter the soil to pupate. </FONT></center> <br> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>Adults emerge as beautiful sphinx moths that are grayish-brown with orange spots on the body, a long probiscus, with a 4- to 5-inch wing span. They are amazing and sound like hummingbirds. They overwinter in the soil as brown spindle-shaped pupal cases, and emerge in late spring to early summer feeding like hummingbirds on plant flowers and then laying greenish-yellow eggs on the undersides of leaves. </FONT></center> <br> <BR> <center><b><FONT SIZE=3 color="007700">CONTROLS INCLUDE</FONT></center> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS - a biological powder that can be applied at the caterpillar stage, Bt (a naturally occurring bacterial disease of insects) will kill them when the are very small.</FONT></center> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>HAND PICKING is the best way when the caterpillars are large. Feed them to your chickens or geese. The hornworms are easy to spot (leaves will have huge bites out of them and nearby you will find a hornworm) and pick them off</FONT></center> <BR> <BR> <center><FONT SIZE=3>For more information on caterpillars go to<FONT SIZE=2><a href="http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/america/"target="_blank"><b> What's This North American Caterpillar?</b></a></font> <br> </blockquote> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <br> <br> <script language="JavaScript">  </script> <script language="JavaScript">  </script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <br> <br> <center><FONT SIZE=3><b><A HREF="index.html">Home Page</b></a> <FONT SIZE=3><b><A HREF="sitemap.html">Sitemap</b></a></FONT> <FONT SIZE=3><b><A HREF="basicbotany.html">Botany Basics</b></a> <FONT SIZE=3><b><A HREF="workshops.html">"You Can Grow!" 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