Pick by hand from the soil. Rototil infected gardens as soon as crops are harvested. Jump readily when disturbed. Eat very small, rounded or irregular holes in leaves, giving a shot-hole appearance. Foliage may be so damaged that plant can no longer function.
Beetles can carry disease organisms from plant to plant.
Pick by hand. Interplant with basil to repel. Lady beetles, lacewings. Leafminer Small white or yellow legless maggots which feed between the two surfaces of the leaf. Winding white trails or broad white spots appear on leaves.