Jul. 1—Cucumber beetles can wreak havoc on your cucumber crops. Luckily, there is an easy DIY way to keep them at bay. The following is an excerpt from "The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook ...

Protect cucumbers with cucumber beetle trap. Mar 14, 2015 Mar 14, 2015 Updated ... One very important thing to be on the look out for with this vegetable family are the dreaded cucumber beetles.

The 1/4" long western spotted cucumber beetle flies to gardens to feast on flowers and vegetables. ... In addition, you could plant a trap crop to lure the beetles away from your other plants.

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Garden ornaments have become increasingly popular in recent years and the most common one is a plastic yellow fin tail with a green and white bag attached to it. OK. It's really a Japanese beetle trap ...

More information on sticky trap sampling and cucumber beetle control is available in a pair of articles written by Lam for Purdue's Vegetable Crops Hotline newsletter. The newsletter is available ...

So, the next step is to try and lure unwanted beetles to these traps. "If you can't keep them out, the best thing is to find them as soon as you can. So, it's an early-detection thing," Sweeney said.