Cucumber beetles wouldn’t be quite so bad if they didn’t transmit deadly bacterial wilt to cucumbers and melons. The most common of cucumber pests are black and yellow cucumber beetles, including ...

There are two distinct species of cucumber beetles—striped and spotted. Both types are yellow and black and about ¼ inch long. The abdomen of the striped cucumber beetle is—you guessed it—striped ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Cantaloupe growers who walk their fields searching for two crop-damaging insects can do just as good a job if they let the pests come to them. A three-year study by Purdue ...

Use repellants and protective clothing to avoid tick bites that can spread Lyme disease. Natural strategies work best in combatting pests such as Colorado potato beetles, striped cucumber beetles, ...

What are these funny holes in the ground? someone recently asked Jeff Knight, the state entomologist with Nevada Department of Agriculture. They have straight sides and look as if they were made with ...

We can consider ourselves lucky in this area because we have not had to deal with the voracious Japanese beetle. This leaf-feeding beetle is the scourge of gardeners in the eastern part of the U.S., ...