Spined soldier bug for colorado potato beetle
Nymphs and adults spear the larvae. In field microplots it did about as well as Perillus bioculatus and stayed slightly longer in plots with egg masses. It does not readily eat adult beetles, but adults near it ate 23% less and laid 37% fewer eggs. A synthetic version of its pheromone raised egg predation fivefold in potato plots. Hand-picking adults and egg clusters remains the garden backbone.
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A native predatory stink bug, found throughout North America and sold in small lots as nymphs or eggs. It spears caterpillars and the larvae of beetles such as Colorado potato beetle and Mexican bean beetle. How it works, how to tell it has established and the supplier list are on the full Podisus maculiventris profile.
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Other controls for colorado potato beetle
- Ground beetlesWild predator · wild, attract it
- LadybugsWild predator · wild, attract it