Grape Flea Beetle & Cutworm

• Flea beetle is ¼” long & blue-green

• Eats buds during day

• Tactic: damage of both pests prevented by:
  • Monitoring during bud swell
  • Bud swell insecticide treatment

• Larva feeds near bloom

• Tactic: post bloom spray for grape berry moth kills larvae

• Cutworm damages buds at night

* Source: D. G. Pfeiffer & P. B. Schultz, 1996. "Major Insect and Mite Pests of Grape in Virginia" VA Coop. Ext. Serv. Pages 444-567

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