Watch closely Squash & Melons · Pest

Cucumber beetles

Affects: Cucumber Cantaloupe Watermelon Zucchini Pumpkin

Symptoms

Yellow beetles with stripes or spots chewing leaves and flowers. They also spread bacterial wilt that collapses vines.

From late spring through summer, worst on young plants.

Jun Jul Aug

Hand-pick in the cool morning; spray kaolin clay or spinosad if wilt risk is high.

Row cover until flowering, yellow sticky traps, and clean up old vines in fall.

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