How To Get Rid Of Potato Beetles

Control of potato beetles can fail also if insecticides are not use at the correct time. They are most effective when the larva is nearly fully grown and the correct amount of pesticide is used. It is also very important to see that all the plants in an area are treated, as any omissions could find the beetles using that particular area to profligate. Insecticide should also be used only when needed and not indiscriminately. Potato plants can maintain their yield even when they lose thirty percent of their foliage. There are birds and other parasitic flies and bugs that can also control these beetles.

There is also another quite back breaking method of controlling potato beetles. Hand pick adult beetles and beetles that have not fully developed. This will prevent further spread of the beetles and is known to be a very effective method of controlling potato beetles. An area or field by field approach is the best for such activity or even as far as pesticide rotation is concerned.

Genetically enhanced potato plants are also available which have an inbuilt resistance to attack by potato beetles. Other methods suggested are crop rotation and the growing of trap crops.