Comments on: How to Get Rid of Striped Cucumber Beetles Naturally (Fast Remedies) https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-striped-cucumber-beetles/ DIY Pest Control Sun, 30 Jul 2023 17:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kitty https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-striped-cucumber-beetles/#comment-34230 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 17:13:29 +0000 https://bugwiz.com/?p=4161#comment-34230 My experience has been that wood mulch provides hiding places for cucumber beetles (when I stir it up I see adult beetles crawling around) so next year I definitely won’t use it near squash plants. I’ve been using soapy water and brute force – if you spray an adult with soapy water, it makes them unable to fly so you can pick them off more easily. It doesn’t seem to kill them completely (perhaps my mix isn’t concentrated enough) but it also seems not to damage my plants (I don’t rinse it off). Also using (organic-compatible) dust containing spinosad bacteria – jury is still out as to its effectiveness. Anyone else having much success with it?

]]> By: Amy https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-striped-cucumber-beetles/#comment-16050 Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:07:45 +0000 https://bugwiz.com/?p=4161#comment-16050 I’ve already got diatomaceous earth down, and it seems to have helped. I don’t want to use the yellow sticky traps because I don’t want to affect the pollinators. I already mulch my plants with hay, and it hasn’t deterred them. Actually, it seems to be their preferred place, as they first went for the mulched zuchinni over the ones I ran out of mulch and left bare. I’ve read they like to “hide in the weeds”, and the mulch seems to be just such a place for them. The only good thing about this, is that it allowed me my first intervention, which was to peel back the mulch to find the adult beetles and squish them; I killed a lot that way. (One must do this section by section, because they fly away in about three seconds after being revealed.) I wonder if a deeper mulch work as you describe, or wood chips… I’d be interested to hear if anyone tries these. I would try row covers, but they’re already in my soil, now. I suppose I could cultivate a new area. Wouldn’t work for plants that need pollinators though, unless you hand pollinate. Great idea to import ladybugs.

Thank you for the many ideas.

]]> By: Ron https://bugwiz.com/get-rid-of-striped-cucumber-beetles/#comment-3601 Sat, 26 Jun 2021 17:13:14 +0000 https://bugwiz.com/?p=4161#comment-3601 Excellent write up.I tried the water and dawn soap a while ago,it was very hot out.It ended up burning my leaves.I see you said rinse off,when do I do that.I also went around base of plants with diatomaceous food grade powder.I check every day,I am getting about 4 to six a day but not as bad as I was.

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