{"id":11767,"date":"2022-10-19T12:56:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T10:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/heather-beetle\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T16:29:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:29:37","slug":"heather-beetle","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/heather-beetle\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&rdquo;2\/3&Prime;][vc_column_text el_id=&rdquo;topentry&rdquo; el_class=&rdquo;topentry&rdquo;]The heath beetle belongs to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/leaf-beetles\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]See beetles. Leaf beetles include: flea beetle, Alder Leaf Beetle, blue mint beetle, Colorado beetle, dead-nettle leaf beetle, heather beetle, rosemary beetle, common asparagus beetle, bean weevil, among others[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\" class=\"encyclopedia\">leaf beetles<\/a> and is native to north-west Europe. Heather <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/beetles\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Beetles (Coleoptera) belong to the winged insects, whose front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases (elytra). Except at the poles and in the sea, beetles are found all over the world. There are over 4,200 beetle species in the UK. See: Apple blossom weevil, flea beetle, Common asparagus beetle, asparagus beetle, Beech leaf-miner beetle,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">beetles<\/a> and their larvae feed on heather.<br>\n<!--more-->[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime;][vc_column_text el_id=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; el_class=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1666176437158{padding-left: 20px !important;}&rdquo;]<em>Also known as:<\/em><br>\nHeather Haantje[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&rdquo;35&Prime; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1532162142715{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/2&Prime;][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;11759&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;medium&rdquo; add_caption=&rdquo;yes&rdquo; style=&rdquo;vc_box_rounded&rdquo; onclick=&rdquo;img_link_large&rdquo;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/2&Prime; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1532162092980{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column_text el_class=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo;]<strong>Heather beetle<\/strong> <em>(Lochmaea suturalis)<\/em> belongs to the <a class=\"encyclopedia\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/leaf-beetles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaf beetles<\/a> <em>(Chrysomelidae)<\/em>. The beetle is native to north-west Europe. Heather beetles and their larvae feed on the leaves of heather, both heather <em>(Calluna)<\/em> and heath <em>(Erica)<\/em>. When the <a class=\"encyclopedia\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/kevers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beetles<\/a> and larvae eat away the heather en masse, it disappears and so do the <a class=\"encyclopedia\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/kevers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beetles<\/a>. Then the heather grows back and the heather beetles also return. The number of <a class=\"encyclopedia\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/kevers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beetles<\/a> is increasing again and the heather that has grown is being eaten away again. This process repeats itself approximately every five to eight years.<br>\nThe predominantly brown colored beetle is <u>+<\/u> 6 mm in size, has six legs and two black-red antennae. The larvae are yellow-green. Heath beetles are active from May to November. They overwinter in the topsoil. Heather beetles thrive in the dense shrub layer where humidity is high and the litter layer is protected by the densely growing heather.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&rdquo;yes&rdquo;][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime;][vc_custom_heading text=&rdquo;Where to find&rdquo; font_container=&rdquo;tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff&rdquo; google_fonts=&rdquo;font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1537946500082{background-color: #536895 !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column_text el_id=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; el_class=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1666176498986{padding-left: 15px !important;}&rdquo;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heather:\n<ul>\n<li>Heath<\/li>\n<li>Shrub heath<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1532102790165{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&rdquo;][vc_custom_heading text=&rdquo;Control&rdquo; font_container=&rdquo;tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff&rdquo; google_fonts=&rdquo;font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1532165404849{background-color: #536895 !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column_text el_id=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; el_class=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo;]The heath beetle can only be to control with insecticides. Since insecticides do not belong in nature reserves, the beetle is tolerated in moorland areas.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1532102799994{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&rdquo;][vc_custom_heading text=&rdquo;Prevention&rdquo; font_container=&rdquo;tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff&rdquo; google_fonts=&rdquo;font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1532165414573{background-color: #536895 !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column_text el_id=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; el_class=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo;]Keeping a flock of sheep on the heath limits the number of heath beetles. Sheep eat the tops from the heather plants. This creates an open structure in which the heather beetle does not thrive. Burning off and ploughing off are also among the management measures to reduce heath beetle damage.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"encyclopedia-category":[663],"encyclopedia-tag":[701],"class_list":["post-11767","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-category-garden-bugs","encyclopedia-tag-leaf-beetles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/11767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11767"},{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-category?post=11767"},{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=11767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}