Re: CULT: cucumber beetle

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North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service North Carolina State
University
Vegetable Insect Note 25
CUCUMBER BEETLES
K.A. Sorensen, Extension Entomologist
[In North Carolina] <Unmated adults overwinter in neighboring woodlands
under leaves and trash. Adults leave their winter sites in
late March and lay eggs from late April to early June. Before cucurbits
are available to adults, they devour
cotyledons and stems. Larvae feed in the soil on stems and roots, become
full grown in two to four weeks, and
pupate in the soil. First generation adults emerge from late June to
early July. A complete life cycle requires
from 6 to 9 weeks. There are two and sometimes a partial third
generation each year.>

<The larvae is the well-known southern corn rootworm which feeds on the
roots of corn, peanuts, small
grains and many wild grasses.>
--
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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