REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGISTS. 
COMBATING THE STRIPED BEETLE ON 
CUCUMBERS.* 
F. A. Srrrine. 
SUMMARY. 
The striped cucumber beetle’ in one form or another is injurious 
to cucumber, melon, and squash vines, from the time the vines 
start in the spring until the plants are killed by frost. 
Only one brood of the beetles occurs during a year on Long 
Island, but the adults of this brood are injurious at two periods 
of their lives; in the fall and again, after hibernating in the 
ground below frost line, in early summer of the next season. The 
larvee require moist earth to live in. They feed upon the stems 
and fruits wherever these come in contact with moist soil. 
The striped cucumber beetle cannot be controlled by any one 
remedy or preventive measure. No remedies can be used to 
hinder the work of the beetle on the flowers, nor can the work of 
the larvee on and within the stems and fruits be prevented. The 
following combination of remedies and preventive measures is 
recommended for large fields: First, planting squashes on the 
margins of the field previous to planting the cucumbers or melons; 
* Reprint of Bulletin No. 158. 
1This pest is wrongly called the “striped bug.” It is not a bug, but a 
beetle, having hard wing-covers. Long Island farmers call it the “ cuck 
beetle,’ which is more appropriate than “striped bug,” or even “ cucumber 
bug.” 
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