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 ...

Keep your eyes open for the striped cucumber beetle. This insect is a pest in home gardens and attacks cucumbers, squash, melons and pumpkins. These bugs generally occur in low numbers from year to ...

Q: I have a question regarding the attached photo of an unknown bug visiting one of my squash flower plants. This morning I counted eight of the same type crawling all over the squash flowers. Any ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The first striped cucumber beetles of the season have finally showed up in my garden. These bright and happily colored pests cause a lot of damage in the garden. Although cucumbers are their preferred ...

What are these funny holes in the ground? someone recently asked Jeff Knight, the state entomologist with Nevada Department of Agriculture. They have straight sides and look as if they were made with ...

DEAR NEIL: What is eating the leaves of my zucchini squash? I looked on the backs and didn’t find any eggs. Dear Reader: This is damage caused by striped cucumber beetles. The adult beetles are fond ...

Last week something unusual turned up in my email inbox: a photo of striped, dapper-looking beetles, sent by gardener Gary McKown, of West Chester. Under a subject line of “New kind of potato bug . . ...

Here’s what might be attacking your garden plants.

A new study suggests the Malagasy striped whirligig beetle Heterogyrus milloti boasts a genetic pedigree stretching back to the late Triassic period. There are precious few species today in the ...