Striped Cucumber Beetle
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Ashdown, Arkansas
Mena, Arkansas
Cloverdale, California
Glendale, California
Preston, Connecticut
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Madison, Illinois
Manhattan, Illinois
New Lenox, Illinois
Des Moines, Iowa
Salina, Kansas
Whitefield, Maine
Bolton, Massachusetts
Millbury, Massachusetts
Bay City, Michigan
Flint, Michigan
Gladwin, Michigan
Marquette, Michigan
Milaca, Minnesota
Croton On Hudson, New York
Fairport, New York
Himrod, New York
Winston Salem, North Carolina
New Springfield, Ohio
Novelty, Ohio
Wilsonville, Oregon
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Friedens, Pennsylvania
Mercer, Pennsylvania
North Smithfield, Rhode Island
Bethel Springs, Tennessee
Hutto, Texas
Fairfax, Vermont
Onley, Virginia
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
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Laura20
Sometimes I merely shook the flowers over a jar of hot soapy water and they fell in. Often I was able to close the flower to prevent them from escaping, and then smush the whole flower and dispatch the beetles within; sometimes there would be several mating pairs inside. Fortunately the majority of the flowers early in the season (when the bugs are actively mating) are male. I still had bugs later in the Summer, but undoubtedly I put a serious dent in the second generation by killing so many of ... read more
temafilly
Let the radish flower and go to seed. There's next years pest control!
However, all that blooming will attract more butterflies, so if you grow brassicas, you may want to cloche them. I did get a Black Swallowtail though! And many Sulphurs. Bees worked hard too, and I'm not argung against... read more