Fuller rose beetles are tough to kill too

We have been treating citrus seedlings and releasing Fuller rose beetles adults onto them to see which insecticides might be effective in killing them.  We are not seeing a lot of mortality.  For some insecticides, rather than die, they avoid feeding on the treated foliage and they can live a long time without feeding.  More details to come when we have the data analyzed........

Treatment of Kryocide minimized feeding by Fuller rose beetle

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