How to properly breed and use the Beetle Eater against the Colorado potato beetle

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Once settled in the garden, the Colorado potato beetle is in no hurry to leave there. Getting rid of this pest is not so easy, especially if there is no good remedy at hand. One of the modern drugs that has proven itself in the Russian market is the Beetle Eater from the Colorado potato beetle of the August company.

• 1 How does it work? 1.1 Advantages and disadvantages of the Beetle Eater

General description and features of the drug

Colorado beetle, or the second name is the potato leaf beetle, feeds on the leaves of plants: potatoes, tomatoes, sweet peppers. The length of the average individual is 8 - 12 mm, orange in color, with black spots and stripes. These insects have wings, with the help of which they spread over long distances from the place of breeding.

The length of the larva is 15 - 16 mm, black-headed with dots on the sides on a bright yellow body. They are often confused with useful ladybirds. They overwinter in soil at a depth of 20-50 cm. In spring they can lay eggs, light orange, on the surface of leaves. 5 - 80 eggs per day, up to 700 in summer. Larvae appear in 5 - 17 days.

Interesting! Life expectancy is 1 - 3 years. They can go into hibernation for many years, which makes the fight against this beetle very difficult.

The beetle eater is a complex preparation that affects flying and crawling pests, adults and larvae. One application is enough to get rid of the beetle for the entire growing season. The composition of the product contains components that ensure plant recovery, contribute to the formation of root crops.

Composition and principle of action

Colorado potato beetle beetle is a three-component suspension concentrate. The combination of three substances belongs to different chemical classes, affects the pest from all sides. Where is 125 grams per liter of alpha-cypermethrin, 100 grams per liter of imidacloprid, 50 grams per liter of clothianidin.

Alpha cypermethrin

After spraying, the substance does not penetrate deep into the plant tissues, but remains on the surface of the leaves. Beetles stop feeding on such a culture in an hour, the component paralyzes the nervous system of the pest, and instantly die.

Imidacloprid

This component protects and nourishes the culture. It is quickly absorbed by the leaves, distributed throughout the plant. Due to the properties of the substance, it does not allow beetles to eat. Increases productivity.

Clothianidin

Penetrates into the structure of the plant itself, is fixed and acts for a long time. A day and one treatment is enough to kill insects. The drug affects all stages of parasite development from eggs to adults. It enters the body with food, respiration, remains on the pest's body. The product is not affected by the external environment: sun, humidity, wind, rain. For the complete disappearance of the beetle, you need to wait 20 days.

Do not pickle during active flowering of potatoes.

How does it work?

The SK beetle eater has a complex effect on the pest, not giving it a single chance to survive. The preparation contains three substances:

1. Imicloprid
2. Alpha cypermethrin
3. Clothianidin.

Each part of the insecticide affects Colorada differently.

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• Imicloprid protects the plant and its fruits as a whole, it penetrates the tissues within two hours. Beetles no longer settle on such a bush.
• Alpha-cypermethrin is a real poison, it causes direct harm to the insect. This is the most effective ingredient in the drug. After processing potatoes, the beetles die instantly.
• Clothianidin acts on the plant at the cellular level, providing its protection for the maximum period.

You can treat potato plantings with an insecticide once a season, during vegetative growth. The Beetle Eater poison is not washed off by heavy rainfall and its effect does not depend on temperature and humidity changes.

Instructions for use

For the absorption of the substance by the plant, it is necessary:

• not damp, calm weather. There should be no rain before and after treatment;
• spraying should be carried out in the early morning or evening to avoid burns to the plant;
• carry out one treatment per season, but two weeks before active flowering and three weeks before harvest;
• it is forbidden to mix the Beetle Eater with other substances.

How to prepare the solution?

A bottle with a substance of 9 ml is enough to process 6 acres of land. One hundred square meters takes 3 liters of ready-made solution. Based on the land cultivated from the Colorado potato beetle, the Beetle Eater must be diluted with cold water in the proportion: 1.5 ml of the drug per 3 liters of water.

Be sure to read the instructions.

Usage guide

1. The required amount of suspension is drawn up with a syringe.
2. Diluted in non-food containers, you can not use a metal container.
3. Add 1 liter of cold water, mix thoroughly.
4. Add the remaining amount of water, mix.
5. Pour into a sprayer container.
6. All the prepared solution is consumed.

Advantages of the drug

Among the various poisons used in the fight against insects that destroy entire fields planted with nightshade plants, the Beetle Eater has clear advantages:

1. The effect is achieved at any stage of potato development.
2. No harm to the culture.
3. Adults die in a day.
4. After processing, the larvae do not crawl out of the eggs.

Even if the composition does not get on an insect that feeds on the leaves of a bush, paralysis and death await him.

Before the ovary appears, the preparation can be sprayed on eggplants and tomatoes, which the beetle adores no less than potatoes. Toxins do not accumulate in tubers if processed 20 days before harvest.

Effects on the human body and precautions

The drug will not harm humans, but if used improperly, it can damage health. If you follow simple rules, you can avoid the consequences when working with a substance.

For the safe work of a person, spraying must be carried out:

• in closed tight clothing so that no exposed skin remains, respirator, rubber gloves, mask, glasses;
• when spraying, follow the direction of the spray so that the drops do not fly towards the person;
• do not eat or drink, smoke and touch your face with your hands;
• ensure complete isolation from animals, children and pregnant women;
• wash clothes and clean shoes after work;
• to take a shower.

If inhaled, causes nausea, diarrhea, rash or redness.

Advantages and disadvantages

Each drug has both advantages and disadvantages.

The pluses of the Zhukoeda, subject to the instructions, include:

• harmless to the plants themselves, humans, animals;
• complete disappearance of the pest at all stages of its development;
• the drug is not affected by environmental influences;
• single use with complete destruction of the pest;
• three-component composition, even if the Colorado potato beetle is addictive to one of the components, then the remaining two will affect it;
• price - quality, economy in use;
• beetles die in 24 hours.

The disadvantages include:

• poisonous for bees, dangerous after spraying for 4 - 6 days.

Is the beetle eater from the Colorado potato beetle a poison that works?

The list of means for fighting the Colorado potato beetle is getting richer every year, despite the fact that the existing ones successfully cope with their task. Last year in periodicals for gardeners and gardeners widely advertised the drug "Zhukoed" (firm August). We drew attention to him when we went through the information for the preparation of articles in the blog "Babushkina Dacha". In advertising articles, the manufacturer talks in great detail about the use of "Zhukoed, SK", and many reviews have appeared on the Internet about it. All this prompted the idea to make a review of this drug in the blog, it seemed to us very interesting. Are you also interested? Then this review is for you.

Content:

1. Advantages of the "Beetle" among other poisons.
2. Composition of the preparation.
3. Question-answer: We use poison wisely.
4. Instructions for use from the manufacturer.
5. Reviews of gardeners.
6. How else to deal with the Colorado potato beetle?

How does Zhukoed, SK fight beetles?

The description of the "Beetle-eater" in the ad unit sounds tempting. It seems that this is the very drug for the Colorado potato beetle that really works. Whether it is true or not, only practice will show.

1. The beetle eater is a complex preparation. Contains in its composition a combination of three chemicals at once. They act in different ways, which allows you to minimize the factor of resistance (immunity, resistance to the drug). You've probably heard about the ability of pests to get used to toxic substances in the case of their regular use? That is why, on an industrial scale, insects are most often fought with tank mixtures. If the pests prove to be resistant to one of the components, the other will work. The beetle eater, in fact, is such a tank mixture, only for summer residents.

2. So, in the preparation three components are mixed, acting in different ways. The first concentrates on the surface of plants and has an instant effect: insects die within an hour after spraying. The second compound is absorbed by the leaves and acts from the inside, harming the larvae when they eat the leaves. This increases plant immunity and productivity. The third substance has a prolonged effect: it is firmly absorbed by plants and provides long-term protection.

3. The drug allows you to destroy pests in 24 hours, at any temperature.

4. In the recommended norms, it is not toxic for plants and humans, but for the Colorado potato beetle it is a real poison!

Structure

In our opinion, the manufacturer of the drug has taken very good care of informing customers regarding the use of the new product. Among other things, on the site we found leaflets that introduce basic information and help determine whether this drug will be useful to the gardener or not.

• Alpha-cypermethrin,
• Imidacloprid,
• Clothianidin.

So, in the composition there are three components, each of which acts in a special way and complements each other.

Application features: "Question-answer"

Who is the "Zhukoed" fighting with?

Efficiency and analogues

In order not to cause the insect to become addicted to the Zhukoed drug, you can use similar control agents that show good results.

20 effective ways to fight the Colorado potato beetle folk and chemical means

Taboo

The tool is used to treat potato tubers before planting. The active ingredient is imidiacloprid. Fights not only the Colorado potato beetle, but also other parasites. To process 100 kg of tubers before planting, it is necessary to dilute 8 ml of the product in 1 liter of water.The sticky surfactants will coat the potatoes with a strong, thin film. The poison does not penetrate into the tuber itself.

The drug "Tabu" against the Colorado potato beetle and wireworm

To spray a plot for one hundred square meters, you need to take 4 ml of the substance per 10 liters of water. First, it is necessary to dilute 4 ml in 1 liter of warm water until homogeneous, and then add to 9 liters of the remaining part. The drug works for 6-8 weeks, which prevents the beetles from laying eggs.

Commander

The active ingredient is imidiacloprid, which helps fight the Colorado potato beetle even with severe damage to the plant. An ampoule of 1 ml is diluted in 2 liters of water until smooth, then another 3 liters are poured in, stirred. Spray 5 liters of the product on potato tops per 100 m2.

Processing by the Commander does not depend on weather conditions, it is not addictive for beetles. Non-toxic agent, can be processed even with active flowering. How to use the Commander remedy against the Colorado potato beetle correctly, read this article.

Aktara

By absorbing the substance into the ground part of the plant, it turns it into poison for insects in three days. Paralyzes the nervous system of beetles, which die within 24 hours. For spraying one hundred square meters of a potato plot, 5 liters of the product are enough.

Aktara does not depend on the choice of temperatures, interacts with other agents and growth stimulants. Protects the plant for 3 weeks, when processing the soil - 1.5 months. Not compatible with alkaline formulations.

Precautions

The 3rd hazard class (moderately hazardous substance) is defined for the insecticide. provided mainly by technological and organizational methods. For the same reasons and subject to the same conditions, the following protection zones are assigned to work with the drug:

• Apiary - 1.55 km (limitation of summer bees 24 hours).
• Water bodies, water supply sources - according to their water protection zone.
• Children's, medical and recreational institutions, public recreation areas - 150 m.
• Residential buildings, food storage, premises and areas for keeping pets - 50 m open; 15 m closed.
• Other outbuildings - 5 m.

Personal protective equipment for working with the Zhukoed drug can be used simplified (see fig.):

1. A plastic raincoat over work clothes that covers the whole body;
2. In hot weather, when working with a hand sprayer, instead of a raincoat, you can get by with a rubber or plastic apron, but then you need to put on a shower cap on your head and pick up all your hair under it;
3. Eyes must be protected from splashes with protective goggles;
4. The respiratory organs are protected with a petal respirator with a degree of protection not worse than 2;
5. Wear household latex gloves with long leggings on your hands. Leggings of gloves are put on the sleeves of work clothes;
6. Since the potato plant is undersized, you need to wear rubber or plastic boots on your feet. The legs are tucked into the tops of the boots. In combination with a cape or apron, the hem of which is lowered below the trim of the bootlegs, it is unlikely that the drug will get into the boots with careful work.

If the drug gets on the body, you need to strip naked and take a shower. PPE is then neutralized with a solution of baking soda 2-4 tbsp. l. half a liter of water, and work clothes are washed with laundry soap. In case of contact with eyes, rinse them abundantly open under running water and consult a doctor immediately. If swallowed, take a suspension of 3-4 powders or wasted tablets of activated carbon, then another 2-4 glasses of water, induce vomiting and again immediately consult a doctor.

Note: it is unacceptable to induce vomiting in a person who is unconscious or not in control of his actions - this can lead to rupture of the diaphragm!

You also need to urgently seek medical help (or deliver the victim to a hospital) if you have any of the symptoms of acute poisoning with neonicotinoids, pyrethroids or cyanides: any breathing disorder, pallor with blue skin, increased excitability or, conversely, lethargy, any impaired motor activity (trembling , tic, staggering gait, disorder of coordination of movements), decreased muscle tone (causeless fatigue), salivation, narrowing of the eye slits, narrowing or dilated pupils.

The drug Zhukoed is stored in the usual conditions for pesticides - in a separate non-residential building, inaccessible to children and animals. It is unacceptable to store food and foodstuffs, medicines, clothing (including work clothes), shoes and household items in the same place. Neutralization of spills on the floor - with a soda solution, followed by rinsing with water. Also, a soda solution followed by washing is processed at the end of the work of PPE (respirator according to the instructions for it); work clothes are washed with laundry soap. Empty containers from the preparation are destroyed in an incinerator.