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PESTS OF GARDEN AND FIELD CROPS 



The Striped Cucumber Beetle {Diabrutica vittata Fab.) 



As soon as the tender leaves of melons, cucumbers, and squashes 

 are above ground, a lot of yellow and black striped beetles, two fifths of 



Fig. 152. — The Striped Cucumber Beetle. Adults, natural size and 

 enlarged. Original. 



an inch long, hunt them out and do their best to destroy them. The 

 larvae eat the tender roots of the same plants on which the adults are 

 seen ; and in addition the feeding of the adults is instrumental in 

 spreading a bacterial wilt that often suddenly kills the vines. 



