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asparagus beetle

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asparagus beetle
n.
A small spotted beetle (Crioceris asparagi) that infests and damages asparagus plants.
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Asparagus beetles apparently do not like tomatoes Borers dislike garlic, tansy, and onion Cabbage maggots are stopped if you plant alternating rows of mint, tomato, rosemary, sage.
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The asparagus beetle, the most serious insect pest, can be controlled by fall cleanup and tillage which destroys its winter habitat.
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They'd eat asparagus as it pokes out of the ground, but chicken wire kept them off, and I'd rather eat a spear that had been poked at by a chicken than one colonized by an asparagus beetle.
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