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  • Black strawberry beetle - sap beetle ?

    Sorry if this has been asked recently, although I've searched and can't find anything.
    I am regularly finding little black beetles in my ripe strawberries. They are about 5mm long, and when alive, scuttle quickly, but don't seem to fly. Most of the time, I'm finding a hard black shell, inside a hole in the strawberry. I've searched Google images, and the nearest I can find is a sap beetle. Is this common, and can I spray ? Would I still be able to eat the fruit afterwards? I garden organically, so it would need to be a suitable killer.

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    This is all I could find on controlling sap beetles HS993/HS234: Sap Beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Management in Strawberries

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      Thanks for that. Looks like I'll have to pick my fruit just before it's at the fairly ripe stage, and put on the windowsill - and look carefully before I eat !

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