General information and discussion about cultivating melons, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins and gourds.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Upstate SC, Zone 7
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Can anyone help me identify this insect? It resembles an Asian ladybug, but since it is munching on a squash leaf, I suspect it is something else entirely.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Long Island NY
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Maryland
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Yep, what JamesL said. Mexican bean beetle is your foe.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7
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Dang, squished one on a tomato yesterday. Wonder if that's why my bean seedlings look so sad?
The cowpeas look fine, though. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Aphids plants and all as you know by my past posts are death by fire at my house.
Only two times have I had them in 10 years. My hard core blitzkrieg(lightning war) eradication plan works. ![]() I patrol my yard every day for these things. If I see them kerosine and fire is in order plant parts and all. ![]() Worth |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Upstate SC, Zone 7
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Yes, I have a squash beetle it would seem. Thanks!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alabama
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A light dusting of Sevin dust or a spray of Sevin very late in the evening will take care of them for a while if it doesn't rain.
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