flea beetles

Be on the lookout for three early-season crop pests

MAFRD entomologist John Gavloski has advice on flea beetles, 
cutworms and wireworms for Manitoba farmers

Be on the lookout for flea beetles, cutworms and wireworms, all of which can take a bite out of yields early in the growing season, says John Gavloski, entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD). Canola is especially vulnerable to flea beetle damage during the cotyledon to second true-leaf stage, Gavloski said during