Striped Blister Beetle
Epicautavittata
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Batesville, Arkansas
Romance, Arkansas
Zephyrhills, Florida
Benton, Kentucky
Ewing, Kentucky
Salvisa, Kentucky
Schoolcraft, Michigan
Huntsville, Missouri
Kingsville, Missouri
Lebanon, Missouri
Broken Bow, Oklahoma
Clarksville, Tennessee
Columbia, Tennessee
Iron City, Tennessee
Moscow, Tennessee
Urbanna, Virginia
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TevaToes
Wesley Chapel, FL |
July 2012 |
Negative
I have a small container garden more for pleasure than anything else. It's about 20 Sq. Ft. total.
I'd never seen them before this year, (which has been extreemly hot). My little garden was infested with these nasty creatures. They started on my tomatos, one day my plants look great, the next day BAM!,.. I've got loads of these little vermin all over. I tried picking them off but there were WAY too many for that to be effective. I salvaged what I could of my tomatos, and just pulled the plants (since they were just about done producing anyway), hoping to take away the "feeding ground". These opportunistic little beings just moved over to my eggplants. Again, I've harvested what I could, and now I've sprayed everything with Organicide, and I'm hoping that will take care o... read more
I'd never seen them before this year, (which has been extreemly hot). My little garden was infested with these nasty creatures. They started on my tomatos, one day my plants look great, the next day BAM!,.. I've got loads of these little vermin all over. I tried picking them off but there were WAY too many for that to be effective. I salvaged what I could of my tomatos, and just pulled the plants (since they were just about done producing anyway), hoping to take away the "feeding ground". These opportunistic little beings just moved over to my eggplants. Again, I've harvested what I could, and now I've sprayed everything with Organicide, and I'm hoping that will take care o... read more
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ruraldogs
ROMANCE, AR (Zone 7b) |
July 2012 |
Negative
I'm dealing with them right now in what is barely left of my small garden in rural, Central Arkansas. I'm just sick about it and equally disgusted at what looks like a horror film in my back yard. We went from seeing maybe 20 to 50 on a Saturday evening to over 1000 by Sunday night. Tried flour/lime mix AND diatomaceous earth - no impact. Just picked up and sprayed Spinosad last night. This morning, more of what is barely left of my squash plants - their last stop - have been eaten and again, no impact. At this point, I don't know what to do. We can barely even walk near the area, let alone in it. They are even eating my compost!
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Wisee
Batesville, AR |
July 2012 |
Neutral
Here in Arkansas, the north central area, where we have lived for 13 years now, we see these insects every year. At first I thought they were firefly insects. This year, 2012, is much worse than previous years. Drought and very hot temperatures and the fact that we live among pastures and I water daily brings these en mass to what must be an oasis for them. We had a summer drought last year, but this year we had a dry spring and a mild winter and no rain for summer thus far.
Like the Oklahoma resident, we have Ladino clover planted in our garden as a cover crop, besides the vegetables of peppers, tomatoes, okra, zucchini, cucumber, pole green beans, white sweet potato, and field peas. We also have a small patch of clover along the east side of house where the septic t... read more
Like the Oklahoma resident, we have Ladino clover planted in our garden as a cover crop, besides the vegetables of peppers, tomatoes, okra, zucchini, cucumber, pole green beans, white sweet potato, and field peas. We also have a small patch of clover along the east side of house where the septic t... read more