Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. spotted cucumber beetle Your carefully nurtured cucumber plants are suddenly wilting despite all your best efforts. Or maybe it's ...

You tuck cucumber vines into the soil while dreaming of the fresh, crunchy fruits and tart pickles to come. And then one day, you walk into the garden to find holey, sickly plants in place of the lush ...

Here’s how to monitor and manage these destructive pests. Cucumber beetles are one of the most devastating garden pests in the South. “They feed on the foliage, blossoms, and skins of fruits of many ...

Now that fall is waning into winter, it is time for many of us to reflect on our garden successes and failures. I often find that I learn more from my garden failures and battles than I do from my ...

Sometimes things happen in the garden when you least expect it. Last week, we had a major outbreak of spotted cucumber beetles. They were not in the vegetable garden where you would expect. Instead, ...

There are two distinct species of cucumber beetles—striped and spotted. Both types are yellow and black and about ¼ inch long. The abdomen of the striped cucumber beetle is—you guessed it—striped ...