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Striped Cucumber Beetle
Acalymma vittatum
- Feeds on flowers and directly on fruit, causing scarring
- Beetles feed on leaves and can completely defoliate a plant
- Shows a preference to cucumbers, certain varieties of winter squash, and zucchini
- Vectors bacterial wilt
- Adult is yellow-green in color, about 1/4 inch long, and marked by three black stripes
- Active from June through September
- More information on Striped Cucumber Beetle
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Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardii
- Beetles feed on leaves, flowers, and fruit
- Vectors bacterial wilt
- Adult is 1/4 inch long, bright yellow-green body with 12 black spots
- Active from June through September
- More information on Spotted Cucumber Beetle