Re: Cucumber beetle or not?
>Steve said
>
>Casey, the previous post from Bill that said they were cuke beetles is
>WRONG. (As you apparently already found out). Like I said cuke beetles are
>yellow, with black dots or stripes. They do not change color as adults.
>They
>are soil dwelling larvae in juvenile stage, and as adults, always are
>yellow(ish) with black dots or stripes.
>I won't give out bad information to anyone, and if I am not sure of
>something, I will say so. I hope that others here have the same standards,
>I
>know 99% do.
>As for your beetle/bug in question, if you can get some pictures of it, I
>can try to I.D. it for you. They could be a species of lady beetle, which
>are beneficial. You wouldn't want to go kill them off with Seven, for sure.
>So if you can get some close pictures, please do that A.S.A.P.
>
>-Steve
>
>
>Well Steve - I have cuc Beetles that fit Caseys description exactly - so
>could it be that you are WRONG!
>Casey - do not wait till they shred your plant as it would not take much
>chewing to kill a young pumpkin seedling this time of the year.
>How big are your plants?
>I do not know this Steve fellow as I am new to the list.
>Is he a bug expert?
>
>Brian
>
Bill, or Brian, or whoever....
I am not a "bug expert", I never said I was. But if you have beetles which
are black with yellow spots, you don't have cuke beetles.
I know they take on color variations from region to region, but a complete
opposite coloration with only 4 spots tells me that it is NOT a cucumber
beetle.
Spraying indiscriminately before the insect is properly identified would not
be wise. He also did not say they were chewing his leaves.
Plants should be small enough to hand-pick any questionable insects and
cover with remay until insects are identified.
-Steve
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