{"id":702,"date":"2012-04-02T13:23:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T17:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/?page_id=702"},"modified":"2019-04-25T13:51:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T17:51:03","slug":"potato-flea-beetles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/ipm\/field-guide\/potato-flea-beetles\/","title":{"rendered":"Potato Flea Beetles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-795\" src=\"http:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/fleabeetle1.jpg\" alt=\"potato flea beetle\" width=\"286\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/fleabeetle1.jpg 286w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/fleabeetle1-105x73.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,286px\" \/>Potato flea beetles are a small black hopping insect. This insect is much easier to spot when the plants are small.<\/p>\n<h3>Economic threshold:<\/h3>\n<p>Average of 15 shot holes per terminal leaflet.<\/p>\n<p>Potato flea beetle damage will appear as a number of &#8220;shots&#8221; in the leaflet. This type of damage can predispose the plant to early blight because of the amount of damaged tissue.<\/p>\n<p>Potato flea beetle larvae feed on potato tubers. The typical damage is either small holes or tunnels on the surface of the tubers. Feeding damage does not usually extend more than 3\/8 inch into the tuber.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-702 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/fleabeetle2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"potato flea beetle damage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/fleabeetle2.jpg 217w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/fleabeetle2-105x97.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,217px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"168\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/fleabeetle3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"potato flea beetle damage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/fleabeetle3.jpg 168w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/fleabeetle3-105x125.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potato flea beetles are a small black hopping insect. 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