Re: Bug page: What be it?
In a message dated 06/30/00 8:24:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
pumpkinguys@customcall.com writes:
> John:
>
> It be a cucumber beetle. They seem to be attracted to flowers more than
> other parts of the plant, and they will munch away. I dust with rotenone,
> and it seems to repel them. You may want to be careful not to use an
> insecticide that can kill bees.
I dusted with Sevin, as a number of folks recommended. This AM only one bee
was around, instead of a dozen as yesterday. Of course this one bee did jump
into the female I had just pollinated before I could get the string around
the petals to seal the female up.
John in Sunny CA
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