However, multiple tactics such as trapping systems and efforts to integrate the use of pathogens with other control tactics would be helpful in reducing the
blister beetle problems.
Featured creature:
blister beetles [University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences web site].
Some steps can be taken to reduce the possibility of incorporating
blister beetles in hay.
This finding of the larvae's lure puts the immature
blister beetles among the few animals known to practice chemical mimicry for hunting, say Saul-Gershenz and her coauthor Jocelyn G.
Blister beetles (Epicauta vittata and other closely related species) appear in swarms in summer, just as tomatoes, beans and other crops start looking good.
Reinshagen seeking help with
blister beetles (Nov./Dec., 2006 page 27): We had the same problem with
blister beetles destroying our tomato plants.
Find out about its diet of
blister beetles and more.
BANISH UGLY WARTS WITH BEETLE JUICE
Blister beetles have their name for a reason.
Scarabs (Scarabaeidae),
blister beetles (Meloidae), leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), and weevils (Curculionidae) are among the species that are particularly fond of leafy foliage and will strip leaves of their tissues or completely defoliate plants.
Blister beetles, which are sometimes found in first-cutting alfalfa, can be deadly to horses.
Spinosad controls all types of caterpillars, Colorado potato beetle larvae and
blister beetles, and works best on pests that consume a lot of leaf tissue.
