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Durgan · June 30, 2015

This was my 2012 disaster. The SVB destroyed my squash and simultaneously the cucumber beetle appeared in large numbers. So far this year 2015 I have seen only four cucumber beetles, since it has been so cold. I no longer grow squash.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?HINIX 19 June 2012 Striped Cucumber Beetles destroyed
This morning about seven, upon checking the squash plants it was observed that there were many Striped Cucumber Beetles congregating within the three open male flowers. Now how to destroy? In the shed I keep a can of Raid to destroy hornet nests when they appear. I fetched the Raid and gave each flower one spray, within about 20 seconds all the beetles were completely dead. The last picture shows the result of the spray, Talk about serendipity! Fifty Striped Cucumber Beetles destroyed in one effort. Up to today, I have only seen then singularly about the garden.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?SERRT 18 June 2012 Striped Cucumber Beetle (Acalymma vittatum (Fabricius)
Inspecting the garden, it was observed two male squash flowers were covered with the Striped Cucumber Beetle. There were about 25 on each flower. I grabbed the flowers complete and immersed it in water to take pictures. I have observed them singularly on various plant mostly the potatoes. They are hard to catch, since they fly quickly.Apparently they are very destructive.

June 30, 2015	#6
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	This was my 2012 disaster. The SVB destroyed my squash and simultaneously the cucumber beetle appeared in large numbers. So far this year 2015 I have seen only four cucumber beetles, since it has been so cold. I no longer grow squash. http://www.durgan.org/URL/?HINIX 19 June 2012 Striped Cucumber Beetles destroyed This morning about seven, upon checking the squash plants it was observed that there were many Striped Cucumber Beetles congregating within the three open male flowers. Now how to destroy? In the shed I keep a can of Raid to destroy hornet nests when they appear. I fetched the Raid and gave each flower one spray, within about 20 seconds all the beetles were completely dead. The last picture shows the result of the spray, Talk about serendipity! Fifty Striped Cucumber Beetles destroyed in one effort. Up to today, I have only seen then singularly about the garden. http://www.durgan.org/URL/?SERRT 18 June 2012 Striped Cucumber Beetle (Acalymma vittatum (Fabricius) Inspecting the garden, it was observed two male squash flowers were covered with the Striped Cucumber Beetle. There were about 25 on each flower. I grabbed the flowers complete and immersed it in water to take pictures. I have observed them singularly on various plant mostly the potatoes. They are hard to catch, since they fly quickly.Apparently they are very destructive. Last edited by Durgan; June 30, 2015 at 03:21 AM.