Cucumber beetles wouldn’t be quite so bad if they didn’t transmit deadly bacterial wilt to cucumbers and melons. The most common of cucumber pests are black and yellow cucumber beetles, including ...

There are two distinct species of cucumber beetles—striped and spotted. Both types are yellow and black and about ¼ inch long. The abdomen of the striped cucumber beetle is—you guessed it—striped ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. spotted cucumber beetle Your carefully nurtured cucumber plants are suddenly wilting despite all your best efforts. Or maybe it's ...

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

No matter where you garden in the U.S., if you grow cucumbers, squashes, melons, or beans, you are likely to see cucumber beetles. These insect pests aren't a big problem in small numbers, but they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When I was at Kingwood Center recently, some folks asked me about what was going on with their cucumbers and I did give them some ...

Now that fall is waning into winter, it is time for many of us to reflect on our garden successes and failures. I often find that I learn more from my garden failures and battles than I do from my ...

Use repellants and protective clothing to avoid tick bites that can spread Lyme disease. Natural strategies work best in combatting pests such as Colorado potato beetles, striped cucumber beetles, ...

Do you have cucumber beetles bugging your garden? Do you want to send them packing? Let's learn about their lifecycle first, and then discuss some control methods. There are two types of cucumber ...

Gardeners, beware! With the onset of warm days, there is a ravenous pest than can move rapidly onto its favored plants, curcurbits or melons (especially honeydew, crenshaw and casaba), and begin ...

Every time I plant cucumbers, I hold my breath, because there’s a good chance they’ll perish before they produce. Why? Unfortunately, oftentimes our cucumber plants become infected with bacterial wilt ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Cantaloupe growers who walk their fields searching for two crop-damaging insects can do just as good a job if they let the pests come to them. A three-year study by Purdue ...