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πŸͺ² Beetles

Asparagus Beetle

Crioceris asparagi

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About

A colorful blue-black beetle with cream spots and a red thorax that feeds exclusively on asparagus. Both adults and larvae can defoliate asparagus plants.

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Did You Know?

A tiny parasitoid wasp, Tetrastichus asparagi, lays its eggs inside asparagus beetle eggs to control populations naturally.