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Will harvesting flea beetles this year reduce next years population, and will it retard leafy spurge repression?

April 26, 2017Beetles flea harvesting leafy population reduce retard spurge

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Will harvesting flea beetles this year reduce next years population, and will it retard leafy spurge repression?

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No, and no. There are always plenty of unharvested beetles, and normal population development will continue even with extensive collection efforts. Likewise, harvesting your flea beetles will not impact the populations ability to repress or control leafy spurge.