Low severity Cabbage Family · Pest

Flea beetles

Affects: Radish Eggplant Cabbage Broccoli Kale

Symptoms

Tiny black beetles that jump when disturbed; leaves peppered with small round "shotgun" holes, worst on seedlings.

Warm spring into early summer as overwintered beetles wake up.

May Jun

Row cover for seedlings; spinosad or kaolin clay for heavy pressure.

Start transplants strong, cover early, and keep beds free of weedy mustard relatives.

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