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I have little black and yellow bugs on my cucumber, watermelon and pumpkin plants that are eating the leaves at a rapid rate. They are not bothering the tomatoes, lettuce or green pepper plants. Does anyone know what these are and what I can use to get rid of them. I would appreciate any responses.
Plants: | From: michigan | Registered: Jun 2005
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As they like yellow flowers, they can be trapped using a yellow sticky trap. Use a yellow piece of plastic and smear it with petroleum jelly/vaseline whatever you call it. Hang it around the plant on a length of wire just above and outside the plant extremities. The insects will be attracted to the yellow and get stuck to the jelly. Shame about that!
* * * * The secret is the soil. Plants: 1184 | From: East Coast | Registered: Sep 2004
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I remember the second year I gardened, went hogggggggg wild on plants.... Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Acorn Squash, Sunflowers, Cucumbers, Pumpkins....
I had those things on EVERY YELLOW FLOWER I OWNED.... I would be out 'til 1:00am in the morning with a flashlight squwishing those pesky critters.........Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
But I am proud to say, last year I only had a handfull of them, still stuck to squwishin' them but it's alot of hard work..
* * * * Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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