ʻO BEET BUG (Piesmaquadratum) he ʻōpala ma kahi o 3 mm ka lōʻihi, he ʻano like ʻole ka waihoʻoluʻu. ʻO ka pinepine, he ʻeleʻele hina me kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻeleʻele. He ʻulaʻula nā maka. He ʻekolu iwi ʻaoʻao lōʻihi ka pronotum. ʻO nā'ōpala makua i ka hoʻoilo ma nā kihi o nā ululāʻau, nā lāʻau, nā auwai, a me nā mea'ē aʻe. Ma hope o kahi manawa hānai, waiho nā wahine i nā hua (ma kahi o 3 mau hua ma ka lau beet). Hōʻike nā larvae i ka waena o Iune. Hoʻomaka nā inike makua i ka hibernation a hoʻomaka i ka ulu ʻana o ka lua o ka hanauna. Hoʻokahi hanauna e ulu ana i kēlā me kēia kau.
Nā hōʻailona
ʻOkuʻi nā ʻōpala a me nā ʻōpala makua i nā lau a omo i ke kohu, e hoʻoneʻe ai a nāwaliwali ka ulu ʻana o ka mea kanu. ʻO ka pōʻino nui, ʻo ia ka hoʻouna ʻana o ka iniseti makua i ka lau curl virus. Hoʻopōʻino nā mea kanu maʻi a lilo i ke ʻano o ke poʻo letus. Hiki ke lilo i mea nui.
Nā mea kanu hoʻokipa
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻano a me nā ʻano beets.
Nā ʻano hoʻomalu
Manaʻo ʻia ka mālama ʻana i nā kemika ma nā wahi i ʻike ʻia ai ka budworm i ka makahiki i hala. Hōʻailona ʻia kēia kaʻina hana i ka wā e komo ai nā ʻupena makua i nā mea kanu a pīpī i nā mea kanu beet.