Have your ever looked at a plant in your garden and seen these lovely little green bugs with black dots? Oh, a green lady bug, you might have thought. Not so, rather it’s Diabrotica, a widespread ...

Your carefully nurtured cucumber plants are suddenly wilting despite all your best efforts. Or maybe it's your squash, melon or pumpkin plants that are affected. Perhaps you see a bug you don't ...

Here’s how to monitor and manage these destructive pests. Cucumber beetles are one of the most devastating garden pests in the South. “They feed on the foliage, blossoms, and skins of fruits of many ...

Signs of cucumber beetle activity include chewed leaves, holes, dimples, and scars on fruits. Cucumber beetles transmit bacterial wilt and cucumber mosaic virus, which cause plant death. Cucumber ...

Gardeners, beware! With the onset of warm days, there is a ravenous pest than can move rapidly onto its favored plants, curcurbits or melons (especially honeydew, crenshaw and casaba), and begin ...

Today’s topic is directly associated with last week's discussion regarding the management of insect populations and is the beginning of a three-part series where we will review a few of the most ...

As the popularity of organic produce increases with consumers, growers need more options to manage pests naturally. Two researchers have investigated options for reducing the presence of cucumber ...

Q:I hope you can help me. Last year, we had a major invasion of spotted cucumber beetles. I began with my usual routine with pests: hand-picking and dropping them into a pan of soapy water. Soon I was ...

Cucumber beetles and squash bugs are two serious insect problems of the cucurbits -– cucumber, summer squash, winter squash, pumpkin, watermelon and zucchini. They are both difficult to control, but ...

Now that fall is waning into winter, it is time for many of us to reflect on our garden successes and failures. I often find that I learn more from my garden failures and battles than I do from my ...

FRANKFORT, KY—As the popularity of organic produce increases with consumers, growers need more options to manage pests naturally. John D. Sedlacek and Gary R. Cline (retired) of the Land Grant Program ...