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  • From: Gary Scott <twinspringsfarmva AT gmail.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Cucumber Beetles
  • Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 05:27:48 -0700

They showed up here in Central VA in early April, never saw them before this early. I started seek and kill, then insecticidal soap with some success. They got out of control in one high tunnel where I have a whole row of cucs that are flush with early season cucs., so I started using Spinosad which has been effective on the Cucumber Beetle and the Squash Bugs, I would like to know what (if any) beneficials feed on Cuc Beetles. Here is one summary of Spinosad.

 Summary: Spinosad is a natural insecticide. The active ingredients in spinosad, spinosyn A and spinosyn D, are complex organic compounds made by soil microbes. Spinosad is a broad-spectrum pesticide but is only active if ingested or contacted while in liquid form, so has little effect on most beneficial species.
Jack DeAngelis, PhD
OSU Ext. Entomologist 


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Gary Scott
Twin Springs Farm
Shipman, VA
twinspringsfarmva AT gmail.com






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