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sevierville, Tn

I haven't seen any yet, but Brotherdave did. See his diarey for what can happen. Sorry to see what happened to your plants !
We southern growers better get ready, if you get them in your area, then they are probally coming SOON !!

4/23/2010 1:30:26 PM

Middle TN

I saw it and I admit it scared me :( I didnt have any beetles last year, my biggest pest was squash bugs. Oh how I dread the battle of the bugs!
Tammy

4/23/2010 3:36:31 PM

formerly RGG

Thanks for the heads up Chris.

4/23/2010 5:36:26 PM

Corryton, TN

Only a few stragglers came in today. I haven't seen this many striped cuke beetles, total, ever. I always delt with the spotted variety. Melons are 20 yards away, no beetles.

4/23/2010 8:40:10 PM

Bowdon, GA

Ah one of the joys of growing in the south. Bugs and diesease love the heat and humidity. I had a swarm of beetles come in last year right after I set plants out luckily I caught them in time. Good news is they aren't as hard to kill as some of our other bugs. One of our biggest pests is squash bugs.

4/24/2010 12:08:01 AM