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CUCUMBERS, 
STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica vittata Fab.) 
A. E. Wilkinson (May 29): The striped cucumber beetle has 
attacked •• melons, cucumbers and squash.-. It has destroyed all 
young plants in many gardens at 'Storrs. 
F'. Gv Butcher (June 3): Found the first beetles June 1 on 
volunteer squash. This is 12 days earlier than last year. 
They are certainly thick on these plants. 
J. R. Stears (June 22): The striped cucumber beetle is 
very abundant at Ligonier. 
J. R. Watson (June 22): The striped cucumber beetle is very 
abundant in the Ever glades, at tacking cucumber, squash, melons, 
wild gourds, sunflowers, dahlias, and to a slight extent 
gladioli blooms (R. IT. Lodell). . 
T. H. Parks (June 24): Truck growers are finding this insect 
more troublesome than usual. A canning company at Celina has 
purchased and is distributing to pickle growers over 40 tons 
of calcium arsenate' and gypsum mixture for dusting cucumbers. 
J, J. Davis (June 24): The striped cucumber beetle was re- 
ported damaging melons from May 25 to June 10, 
C. C. Compton (June 9): The striped cucumber beetle is very 
abundant in Des Plaines", where it is severely injuring cucumbers 
and melons. 
W. A. Price (June 25): The striped cue cumber beetle is very 
abundant on melons, lima, beans, and cucumbers generally over 
the State. 
A. G. Ruggles and assistants (June): The first adult vas seen 
on the University Farm on May 28. This insect has been reported 
as very abundant from several counties south of the Minnesota 
River. (Abstract, J.A.H. ) 
C. J. Drake (June 27): The striped cucumber beetle is very 
common throughout the State. It seems to be most abundant in 
the vicinity of Muscatine and Ames. 
L. Haseman (June 22): In spite of the favorable winter through'* 
central Missouri, the beetles apparently left winter quarters lat- 
er than usual, but now they are beginning to collect in goodly 
numbers on unprotected cucurbits. 
M. H. Swenk (May 15 to June 15) .-More than the usual number of 
reports of the striped cucumber beetle were received during the 
last week in May and the first half of June. 
