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Aug 21, 2020 09:09:09   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
I found this yellow black spotted Cucumber Beetle while scouting the yard yesterday foraging in one of the Hibiscus flowers along the fence and I brought it in for a focus stacking session.

Here's what I have learned about why they are considered to be a such a destructive pest:

"Striped and spotted cucumber beetles can cause serious losses in cucumbers, muskmelons, and watermelons. Cucumber beetles are a major concern to muskmelon and cucumber growers because they vector the bacteria that causes a disease, bacterial wilt of cucurbits.

While the adults feed mainly on foliage, pollen and flowers, their feeding on melon rinds late in the season may reduce market quality. Larvae of these insects feed on roots and stems, but this damage is minimal compared to the potential losses due to bacterial wilt. The spotted cucumber beetle are also known as the southern corn rootworm."


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Aug 21, 2020 09:12:30   #
PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
I found this yellow black spotted Cucumber Beetle while scouting the yard yesterday foraging in one of the Hibiscus flowers along the fence and I brought it in for a focus stacking session.

Here's what I have learned about why they are considered to be a such a destructive pest:

"Striped and spotted cucumber beetles can cause serious losses in cucumbers, muskmelons, and watermelons. Cucumber beetles are a major concern to muskmelon and cucumber growers because they vector the bacteria that causes a disease, bacterial wilt of cucurbits.

While the adults feed mainly on foliage, pollen and flowers, their feeding on melon rinds late in the season may reduce market quality. Larvae of these insects feed on roots and stems, but this damage is minimal compared to the potential losses due to bacterial wilt. The spotted cucumber beetle are also known as the southern corn rootworm."
I found this yellow black spotted Cucumber Beetle ... (show quote)


I like it. Great Beetle image!

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Aug 21, 2020 10:24:31   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
Awesome, sippy. One of my favorites that you have done.

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Aug 21, 2020 10:34:34   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
PixelStan77 wrote:
I like it. Great Beetle image!


Thanks for viewing and for the feedback.

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Aug 21, 2020 10:36:21   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
kpmac wrote:
Awesome, sippy. One of my favorites that you have done.


Thanks, Kpmac. I suspect that you fellows grow a lot of melons and cucumbers down there so these buggers would be a real pest to the agriculture down there.

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Aug 21, 2020 11:23:50   #
tinusbum Loc: east texas
 
very nice as always

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Aug 21, 2020 12:47:50   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
tinusbum wrote:
very nice as always


Thanks ever so much.

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Aug 21, 2020 22:32:46   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
That is a very compelling picture. Great commentary too. Well done!

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Aug 21, 2020 23:48:00   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
That is a very compelling picture. Great commentary too. Well done!


Thanks, Mark. I know very little about entomology other than chiggers itch and ticks suck (and I'm pretty good at swatting flies too). To make up for that void, I read and study and I share what I find at times along with my images for I find them both to be quite fascinating and perhaps there may be someone like me who wants to know a bit more. Of course I have taken notes of your educational posts which I always learn a lot from.

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Aug 22, 2020 07:24:49   #
JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois
 
Very nice. One of these landed on my hand and my cousin took a picture of it with her cell phone but I didn't know what it was until now.

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Aug 22, 2020 07:29:36   #
dsturr
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
I found this yellow black spotted Cucumber Beetle while scouting the yard yesterday foraging in one of the Hibiscus flowers along the fence and I brought it in for a focus stacking session.

Here's what I have learned about why they are considered to be a such a destructive pest:

"Striped and spotted cucumber beetles can cause serious losses in cucumbers, muskmelons, and watermelons. Cucumber beetles are a major concern to muskmelon and cucumber growers because they vector the bacteria that causes a disease, bacterial wilt of cucurbits.

While the adults feed mainly on foliage, pollen and flowers, their feeding on melon rinds late in the season may reduce market quality. Larvae of these insects feed on roots and stems, but this damage is minimal compared to the potential losses due to bacterial wilt. The spotted cucumber beetle are also known as the southern corn rootworm."
I found this yellow black spotted Cucumber Beetle ... (show quote)



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Aug 22, 2020 08:14:44   #
ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA
 
That's a beauty! Looks like you got all of him in focus - great work!

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Aug 22, 2020 10:29:42   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
JRiepe wrote:
Very nice. One of these landed on my hand and my cousin took a picture of it with her cell phone but I didn't know what it was until now.


Thanks, the adults are a bright yellow and they look quite cute (to their mother I'm sure). The adults are harmless although they do munch on flowers. They do aide in pollination although mostly accidently by crawling around as they munch away. Their larvae however are a totally different situation and are bad news to produce growers.

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Aug 22, 2020 10:30:09   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
dsturr wrote:


Thanks for dropping by and for the reply.

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Aug 22, 2020 10:31:13   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
ecobin wrote:
That's a beauty! Looks like you got all of him in focus - great work!


Thanks, Elliott. I appreciate your viewing my posts and for the feedback.

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