Epilachna varivestris

Mexican bean beetle

Yellow-brown, 16-spotted beetles that destroy bean plant leaves from below. Plant target crops early, hand-pick bugs, crush yellow clumps of eggs on the underside of bean leaves for control. Spined soldier bugs again can be bought or lured to control this pest, or use the parasitic wasp Pediobius foveolatus for control. Compost bean plants immediately after finished yielding, and in worst cases, spray rotenone, pyrethrins.

 

See Also Pediobius foveolatus Pyrethrins Rotenone

Related Topics Bean

 
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