Malc has suggested spraying them but as the hens may eat them I am not sure I fancy that, eggs impregnated with herbicides. I may catch a hen and see if it fancies a "doryphore tea"
After the hens tea
They turned their beaks up at doryphores, too crunchy apparently. I even tried squashing a few to help, but the hens prefer croissant.
The Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is a serious pest of potato and is not established in the UK. This is why it is a notifiable quarantine pest, whose introduction and release is prohibited under plant health legislation. Colorado beetles are occasionally imported into the UK as “hitchhikers” on non-host plant material, such as leafy vegetables, salad leaves, fresh herbs and grain, which have been grown in fields previously planted with potato, but they can also be imported with potatoes. Such accidental introductions most commonly occur in spring and early summer. The adult beetles overwinter in the soil and emerge in the following spring, to feed and mate. The larvae and adults feed on several cultivated and wild members of the potato family (Solanaceae), such as nightshade, tomato, aubergine and pepper. As each female can lay up to 2000 eggs a breeding colony could be established by a single fertilised beetle escaping detection.
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After the hens tea
They turned their beaks up at doryphores, too crunchy apparently. I even tried squashing a few to help, but the hens prefer croissant.
The Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is a serious pest of potato and is not established in the UK. This is why it is a notifiable quarantine pest, whose introduction and release is prohibited under plant health legislation. Colorado beetles are occasionally imported into the UK as “hitchhikers” on non-host plant material, such as leafy vegetables, salad leaves, fresh herbs and grain, which have been grown in fields previously planted with potato, but they can also be imported with potatoes. Such accidental introductions most commonly occur in spring and early summer. The adult beetles overwinter in the soil and emerge in the following spring, to feed and mate. The larvae and adults feed on several cultivated and wild members of the potato family (Solanaceae), such as nightshade, tomato, aubergine and pepper. As each female can lay up to 2000 eggs a breeding colony could be established by a single fertilised beetle escaping detection.
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