Insect identification on squash

Fert1 · June 5, 2015

Can anyone help me identify this insect? It resembles an Asian ladybug, but since it is munching on a squash leaf, I suspect it is something else entirely.

JamesL · June 5, 2015

This it?
https://extension.umd.edu/learn/doub...-squash-beetle

Nattybo! · June 6, 2015

Yep, what JamesL said. Mexican bean beetle is your foe.

Tracydr · June 6, 2015

Dang, squished one on a tomato yesterday. Wonder if that's why my bean seedlings look so sad?
The cowpeas look fine, though.

Worth1 · June 6, 2015

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Originally Posted by Tracydr

Dang, squished one on a tomato yesterday. Wonder if that's why my bean seedlings look so sad?
The cowpeas look fine, though.

Cowpeas do really good in the Americas compared to other legumes.
Probably because they have little or no natural enemies.

Worth

Tracydr · June 6, 2015

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Cowpeas do really good in the Americas compared to other legumes.
Probably because they have little or no natural enemies.

Worth

Except aphids. In AZ, they were magnets for them.

Worth1 · June 6, 2015

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Originally Posted by Tracydr

Except aphids. In AZ, they were magnets for them.

Aphids plants and all as you know by my past posts are death by fire at my house.
Only two times have I had them in 10 years.
My hard core blitzkrieg(lightning war) eradication plan works.

I patrol my yard every day for these things.
If I see them kerosine and fire is in order plant parts and all.

Worth

Fert1 · June 7, 2015

Yes, I have a squash beetle it would seem. Thanks!

b54red · June 13, 2015

A light dusting of Sevin dust or a spray of Sevin very late in the evening will take care of them for a while if it doesn't rain.

Bill

June 5, 2015	#1
Fert1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Upstate SC, Zone 7 Posts: 543	Insect identification on squash Can anyone help me identify this insect? It resembles an Asian ladybug, but since it is munching on a squash leaf, I suspect it is something else entirely. __________________ Holly

June 7, 2015	#8
Fert1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Upstate SC, Zone 7 Posts: 543	Yes, I have a squash beetle it would seem. Thanks! __________________ Holly

June 5, 2015	#2
JamesL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 1,992	This it? https://extension.umd.edu/learn/doub...-squash-beetle

June 6, 2015	#3
Nattybo! Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 272	Yep, what JamesL said. Mexican bean beetle is your foe.

June 6, 2015	#4
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Dang, squished one on a tomato yesterday. Wonder if that's why my bean seedlings look so sad? The cowpeas look fine, though.

June 13, 2015	#9
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	A light dusting of Sevin dust or a spray of Sevin very late in the evening will take care of them for a while if it doesn't rain. Bill