Attention all potato growers in Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta! Colorado potato beetles are the focus of  a five- year national survey on tolerance levels to selected registered insecticides. Dr. Ian Scott is a research scientist with the London Research and Development Centre at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), and is the co-lead on this project.  

He is looking for approximately 150 “live” beetle adults and larvae per sample site. If you have a few you can spare, please contact him and he will arrange for someone to come immediately to your farm and take some beetles off your hands. If you are outside of southwest/south central Ontario, a collection kit will be sent that can be returned by overnight courier (pre-paid) to AAFC London, Ontario.

Please contact Ian Scott at ian.scott2@canada.ca or Sophie Krolikowski at sophie.krolikowski@canada.ca for further information and to arrange delivery of the kits.

Source:  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada