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Bugs on my cucumber/zucchini plants

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Good am all!  Well, first sq ft garden is so far doing great (much better
than any other attempt I've ever made at gardening!!! :-)

Last night, while watering, I noticed many of these black/orange bugs on
the leaves and stalks of my cucumber plants.  There were a couple on the
zucchini also, but not near as numerous.  The bug's body looks like a fat
little, short worm, but he also has about 6 legs.  The body is a dull black
with 6 little orange marks on the sides of it (3 marks on each side).  I
picked all that I could find off and squished them.  I didn't see any of
these things a couple of nights ago when I checked.  So far it doesn't seem
like they've done any damage whatsoever to the plants but I can't find any
ref to them in my garden books.  What are they and are they helpful or
harmful?  (If they're helpful, I don't want to keep murdering them!)

And now for my second question.  Another cuke plant (straight edge) has
about 4 leaves that are all curled and crinkled up.  Underside of the leaf
is covered with little white things.  Should I pull off and destroy these
leaves?

TIA
Kristine

Zone 5b  -- and loving every minute of this list

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Kristine M. Furner
Computer Support Technician
Copeland 209B
(740) 593-2466


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