Striped cucumber beetle control

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The striped cucumber beetle is the most important insect pest of cucurbits i. This insect is responsible for more insecticide applications on cantaloupes than any other pest in Indiana. Both the adult beetle and the immature stages larvae feed on watermelon and cantaloupe.

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James F. Kirby, Insect Diagnostician. For information about UMaine Extension programs and resources, visit extension.

If you find that the stems of your seedlings are being eaten off, leaves are yellowing and wilting, and holes are appearing, you may have a striped or spotted cucumber beetle problem. Often, the beetles leave their hibernating sites early in the season mid-April to early Juneand feed on seedlings right as they are emerging, usually killing them. Then their larvae feed on the roots of the host plants.

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Plant Care Today. The Cucumber beetle is a common pests throughout most of the United States and southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. In this article, we will examine the attributes of the cucumber beetle and share advice on keeping them under control in your farm or garden. Read on to learn more.

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JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. In all stages of life, these beetles do damage to cucumbers, winter and summer squash, melons, pumpkins, and gourds.

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The striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma vittatum F. Figure 1 is a serious agricultural pest of plants in the family Cucurbitaceae in eastern North America. Dill and Kirby

Both species feed primarily on the leaves, flowers and fruits of cucurbits cucumbers, squash, pumpkins and melons. Alternate plant hosts include beans, corn, peanuts and potatoes. They have distinct black spots or lengthwise stripes on their wings.

One of the most problematic insect pests that organic vegetable growers have to deal with is the striped cucumber beetle. The insect feeds on all the cucurbit crops, but can be particularly devastating to muskmelons and cucumbers because those two crops are susceptible to bacterial wilt of cucurbits, which is caused by a bacterium carried by the beetles. The only way to avoid this devastating disease is to prevent the beetles from feeding on the plants. There are no effective organic insecticides for managing striped cucumber so we have to look for alternative methods.

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William E. This article examines the biology and management of cucumber beetles within organic farming systems. In North American cucurbit crops, two species of cucumber beetle present the most problems.

The three black stripes on the wings have distinct straight edges fig. Beetles sometimes confused with SCB. Striped cucumber beetles are sometimes confused with the adult three-lined potato beetle, generally found on solanaceous plants, and the western corn rootworm, sometimes found feeding in cucurbit flowers.