Cabbage Flea Beetle
Phyllotreta cruciferae
This small black flea beetle lives on cruciferous crops and wild mustard relatives in fields, gardens, and weedy edges. It chews many tiny round holes in leaves and quickly jumps away when disturbed. Adults can also fly between host plants, helping them spread through a planting. Its enlarged hind legs give it the flea-like leap that makes it difficult to catch.
- Type
- Swift
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
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- Cabbage Flea Beetle