Re: Cucumber beetle or not?
Steve,
They sure like taking shots at you. Do you know this guy? Seems like he has
it out for you. Oh well you know school yard bullies they like picking on
those kindergarden kids. Ha, ha, ha.
Later
andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: Great Pumpkin <greatpumpkin99@hotmail.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: May 11, 2000 1:14 AM
Subject: 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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