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Adult Potato Beetle

Almost overnight, they’ve attacked our Yukon Gold potatoes, but thankfully they haven’t found the Purple Viking potatoes, peppers, eggplants, or tomatoes.  Every gardener growing potatoes is likely to run into this beetle, as it’s a devastating pest of potatoes.  Both the yellow, black-striped adult and the black-spotted, red larvae feed on potato [...]

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