Claim · #6495633
Crioceris asparagi · herbivory · Asparagus officinalis
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“common asparagus beetle is prevalent...feed upon the marketable spears and the foliage”
- Source
- Commercial Vegetable Production in Hawaii
- Authors
- Krauss F.G.
- Year
- 1932
- Publication
- University of Hawaii Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin No. 16
- Page
- 59
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Crioceris asparagi is the canonical asparagus beetle; both larvae and adults feed on spears and ferns.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Common asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi) larvae and adults are well-documented spear/foliage feeders.”
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