and the spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata), says Khan. They are similar in size (about 1/5-inch), either with three black stripes or 12 black spots on a yellowish to yellowish-green ...

Many insects plague the vegetable gardener, but few are as lethal as the squash bug and the cucumber beetle. ... the beetles are most commonly striped black over a straw yellow thorax and wings.

These days, many of us have noticed in our gardens a greenish yellow beetle with 12 black spots on its back. Some also may have noticed damage to vegetable leaves, scaring on fruits, or girdling ...

Line an 8-ounce yellow plastic cup with insect sticky glue (such as Tangle-Trap), bait it with a few drops of clove oil in a cotton ball, and mount it upside down on a 2-foot wooden stake.

"I found that if you have 20 beetles on a sticky trap within 48 hours, then you've reached the threshold of one beetle per plant on the muskmelon." An average of one beetle per plant is a level ...

Q: My seedling cucumber leaves have some small holes in them, and I noticed some small bugs that are yellow with black spots on some of my plants. What are There are many ways to fight cucumber ...

Jul. 1—Cucumber beetles can wreak havoc on your cucumber crops. Luckily, there is an easy DIY way to keep them at bay. The following is an excerpt from "The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook ...

Let me state that whenever possible, this gardener’s initial line of defense against detrimental insects is always by selecting organic methods!