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I'm looking for a picture of leaf damage caused by a cuke beetle. What shape and size holes do they eat in the leaves? Also, do they like to eat sunflower leaves?

7/31/2005 3:40:09 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

On full sized leaves:

http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~vegnet/news/current_files/image018.jpg

On seedling cots:

http://ipm.ncsu.edu/vegetables/Pamphlets/cucumber/fig8.gif

On fruit (hideous):

http://www.vegedge.umn.edu/mnvegnew/vol3/vol3n14.htm

7/31/2005 5:41:20 PM

addison Il

cuke beetles love sunflowers some peaple use them as traps for the nasties they can and have done damage to sisters sunflowers.

7/31/2005 7:19:44 PM

Thanks for the info guys... answers my questions... I saw one on a sunflower today (first one of the year) and there might be a few leaves w/ damage, but the holes could be from the sunburn they got a few weeks ago. Will definitely continue my pesticide spraying.

7/31/2005 10:13:08 PM

North Smithfield, RI USA

And they love goldenrod too !

8/1/2005 6:23:40 PM

Follansbee, Wv

and they love corn silks too after the pollen has fallen on them grrr
and the birds land on the corn and eat the beetles by snipping of the silks...double grrr

8/2/2005 5:47:02 PM