Re: Question about bugs??
It is all point of view Steve. They could be described either way. Is
the glass half empty or half full.
>
> Casey, not if they had yellow dots. Cucumber beetles are yellow with black
> dots!
> They are easy to identify, (I can send you a few thousand this summer if
> you
> want, just let me know! I would be more than happy to)!
> Actually just think of a lady bug. Now imagine it yellow with either black
> spots, or black vertical stripes. The spotted ones are the spotted cuke
> beetles. The striped ones are the striped cuke beetles.
> Squash borers have two stages, the moth and the larvae, harder to explain,
> but easy when you see a picture. Squash BUGS though, are black, about an
> inch or more long, and "sheild-like" in appearance. They can't fly, they
> just run around the base of your plants.
> As for NEMATODES, they are very very small worms (too small to be seen with
>
> the naked eye). A lot are bad, but there are also good nematodes which
> actually can parasatize insect pests bodies, reproduce, poison and and kill
>
> them. I actually have some in a semi dehydrated state I wanted to use
> against the larvae of the cuke beetles as well as other pests. Some people
> think of it as still "experimental" though.
>
>
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