Striped Cucumber Beetle (Acalymma vittata)

Order: Coleoptera (ko-lee-OP-ter-a) (Info) Family: Chrysomelidae Genus: Acalymma Species: vittata Profile: No positives No neutrals 4 negatives Regional... This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: , Sierra Vista, Arizona Cloverdale, California Preston, Connecticut Glen Ellyn, Illinois Whitefield, Maine Bolton, Massachusetts Millbury, Massachusetts Bay City, Michigan Gladwin, Michigan Milaca, Minnesota Croton On Hudson, New York Wilsonville, Oregon Mercer, Pennsylvania Hutto, Texas Fairfax, Vermont Onley, Virginia Stevens Point, Wisconsin Member Notes: Rating Author Comment Negative sallyg On Jul 25, 2008, sallyg from Anne Arundel Co., MD (Zone 7a) wrote: I've found these even more attracted to my sunflowers and gourds than to my cukes. They like to go into the male flowers of my night-blooming gourds, so that's a help for handpicking. Otherwise, they fly away at the slightest disturbance. Negative amypreston On Jul 28, 2008, amypreston from Preston, CT wrote: Can anyone please tell me how to get rid of these before they destroy all of squash, Zucc, cukes and pumpkins!! I would like an all natural versus pesticide. Thank you Negative McCool On Nov 24, 2008, McCool from Millbury, MA (Zone 5a) wrote: Terrible pest! This is the only bug that I have actually declared war on. I am an organic gardener and don't really even like to use the so-called "organic pesticides"; however, I'm tired of losing my entire crop of cukes, summer squashes, etc. As far as I know, there's no way to get rid of them entirely, I just try to keep the population as low as possible each year. Negative dibaston On Mar 27, 2009, dibaston from Whitefield, ME (Zone 5a) wrote: These beetles are voracious. The only way I was able to control them at all was to go out in the early morning when it was still cool and knock them into a can of soapy water or step on them when they fell on the ground. Another way was to come up under the leaf and squeeze it together, squashing the bugs. Messy but fairly effective.

By MsKatt By mygardens By dreaves By tcfromky