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Cucumber beetles can destroy your garden fast. Learn how to get rid of them—and stop them from coming back—with these simple control and prevention tips.
The striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatumare) can be a destructive pest on all cucurbits (cucumbers, summer and winter squash, melons and pumpkins) from the moment you set your plants out in June ...
There are several crops that can prevent flea beetles from taking up residence in your garden, including catnip, basil, thyme ...
Published Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, in The Plain Dealer's Inside & Out section. Anja Schlack Spotted or striped, the cucumber beetle will wreak havoc in the garden. Q. I have had little striped ...
If you spot some small striped or spotted beetles crawling on your cucumber plants, you are probably looking at cucumber beetles.They may also show up on squash, pumpkins, and melons because these ...
Striped cucumber beetles overwinter as adults in plant debris and nearby wooded areas. In spring they deposit their eggs around the base of plants, on vines, or just below the soil surface.
The first striped cucumber beetles of the season have finally showed up in my garden. These bright and happily colored pests cause a lot of damage in the garden. Although cucumbers are their ...
The striped cucumber beetle are one-half inch long and yellow with three even dark black stripes. Spotted cucumber beetle are one-fourth inch long with yellowish or yellow-green bodies and 12 ...
ROGACHEVO, Russia -- Maria Patrikeyeva gingerly picks a black-and-yellow striped beetle off a potato plant, carries the bug to the edge of the field and stomps on it. The Colorado beetle has no ...
From carpet beetles to ladybugs to palo verde beetles, here's what to know about the most common beetles in Arizona and why they get in your house.