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Colorado Potato Beetle: Biological Controls Without Insecticides

Potato beetles resist chemicals. Organic options: lady beetles (eat eggs), Novodor (Bt tenebrionis—beetle-specific), parasitic nematodes, crop rotation, floating row covers, hand-picking. Pyrethrin/rotenone only at night (harm bees). Novodor from Peaceful Valley; nematodes from Planet Natural.

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