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Fairfield, California

The last few days i have been walking around in my pumpkin patch and i have noticed this strange bug on the leaves and vines. It is orangish red and has long black legs and long antennas. If anybody knows what this is please tell me.

5/14/2006 7:40:04 PM

So. Maine

Any chance you can get a photo & put in a diary . If not , how long is it & is it easy to catch ?

Al

5/14/2006 8:48:42 PM

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The most likely and damaging culprit this time of year is te Cucumber Beetle:

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/veg/ef311.htm

Is this what you have?

5/14/2006 10:32:23 PM

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That is a Squash Vine Borer (SVB) and is looking to lay eggs. You need to eradicate it from your patch immediately. It will kill your plants if you do not get an insecticide that can handle it. Sevin can't do it. You need Warrior T or something like that.

5/14/2006 10:48:23 PM

N.Benton/Ohio

Nice spot to get a handle on some things Tremor.good educational website for gardeners.Lots of good info

5/14/2006 11:22:53 PM

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Like Rock I thought it *sounded* like a SVB. But it's early....maybe not to early in Mississippi though?

I hope it isn't but.....

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/veg/ef314.htm

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/images/squash_vine_borer_bill.jpg

5/15/2006 10:02:19 AM

Fairfield, California

From the pictures on the websites you guys posted it not a vine borer. I will post a pic of it in my dairy sometime today.

5/15/2006 4:54:34 PM

Fairfield, California

I posted some pics of the bug they should be up here in a little. Here is a link http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2006&grower=32530&action=L

5/15/2006 5:17:54 PM

Nashville, TN

I might not be remembering right - but I could've sworn that a SVB is actually a moth Larva.... I'm seeing something similiar in my Cannas - not my GPs.. Going to spray a systemic on them today..
What I'm seeing your picture is similiar to a Harlequin bug - according to my pest books they go after Cabbage and Horseradish...

5/16/2006 11:06:58 AM

Sioux Falls, SD [email protected]

not SVB

5/16/2006 12:21:17 PM

So. Maine

Looked at your photos ...Ain't no SVB , thats for sure. I've delt with hundreds of those SVB suckers in the past few years .

Al

5/16/2006 1:17:28 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

thats an assasin bug, he's one of the good guys!

Glenn

5/16/2006 4:29:37 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

side note---- they can and will bite!

5/16/2006 4:34:40 PM