[clkeiper]

Originally Posted by HudsonValley

I found it hard to treat the tomatillo plants because they are sprawling -- I wanted keep the (organic) garden dust/bug spray away from the blossoms since they are insect-pollinated, but tomatillos blossom all over the place. After a while, I just watched the plants for leaf damage, clipped off any that had larvae, and destroyed them. It's easier to protect squash blossoms from insecticides by spraying/dusting when bees are less active, and covering up the blossoms beforehand.

Interesting, but disturbing, about the spotted beetles (equal opportunity garden destroyers?). But I could swear that we have them here in the Northeast, too. In the late summer, some of the beetles in my garden had spots. Just a few, but some.

just wondering what the larvae you were clipping off would have been because cucumber beetles lay their eggs in the ground and they emerge in the Spring/Summer. there is no larvae on the plants from them.