How to Use flea beetle in a Sentence

flea beetle

noun

• Grape flea beetles Small black beetles with enlarged hind legs for jumping.
  — The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024
• The flea beetles were so eager to devour the mustard greens that the first batch was a write-off — the seedlings were peppered with holes.
  — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2019
• When eggplants are grown in containers that are at least a foot-and-a-half off the ground, the flea beetles don't seem to find them as easily.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2018
• Dill and marigolds are also great companion plants that ward off flea beetles.
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 29 Mar. 2023
• White traps lure whiteflies, plant bugs, cucumber beetles, and flea beetles.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
• One problem Burgundy producers face is that the European Union has banned an insecticide long used to combat the black flea beetle, a scourge.
  — New York Times, 14 July 2022
• Before using any pesticide, read the label and ensure that use of the compound is registered for alder flea beetle control.
  — oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022
• Corn earworms, cabbage loopers, aphids, and flea beetles may also become a problem.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2018
• If plants become infested, spraying Beauveria bassiana or spinosad may knock back the population of flea beetles and save your plants.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2018
• Tiny holes in foliage and shiny, black beetles on tomato, beets, radishes, and potato indicate flea beetle attack.
  — oregonlive, 1 May 2022
• Tiny holes in foliage and shiny, black beetles on tomato, beets, radishes, and potato indicate flea beetle attack.
  — oregonlive, 1 May 2022
• Stubborn pests like spotted cucumber beetles and flea beetles can be killed with nontoxic products like spinosad, essential oil products and orange oil.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
• While not widespread garden pests because many of our other vegetables don’t suit them, this particular flea beetle can still hamper the productivity of callaloo.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2023
• Spearmint and peppermint are useful in attracting bees and repelling black flea beetles, ants, mosquitoes, white cabbage butterflies, aphids, and cabbage maggots.
  — OregonLive.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• To control, plant resistant cultivars and eliminate flea beetles.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2015

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024