What is that yellow & black striped bug on my cucumbers and other cucurbits?
A– See handout on Cucumber Beetles. Organic: Japanese Beetle Killer with pyrethrin, Rotenone Pyrethrins, Rotenone dust. Next year, cover with floating row cover until the female flowers (flowers with a swelling below the base of the petals) start to form, then remove the cover so flowers can be pollinated. The beetles’ cycle will be mostly over by then. In fall, clean up all weeds and refuse and do not compost any cucurbit vines that were affected.
