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Control Strategies for Darkling & Rove Beetles by kat kat is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Darkling beetles and rove beetles are most damaging to bok choy seedlings, feeding on seeds and seedling stems underground or at the soil surface. They may also occasionally feed on older plant leaves. These beetles hide during the day but are most active at night. Crickets also feed on emerging seedlings and build up populations in nearby cotton and grass fields before migrating to bok choy fields in late summer. Grasshoppers occasionally swarm fields after heavy rains and can destroy entire crops, though
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