Subject: Re: Hello bugs what do I do From: phorbin@my-deja.com (phorbin) Organization: Raven's Crossing Date: Mon, 15 May 00 13:53:48 Message-ID: <MOD$000515.4223@rec.gardens.ecosystems> References: <MOD$000515.22963@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
In article <MOD$000515.22963@rec.gardens.ecosystems>, roseguy@gte.net
says... > > Brian posts saying that he is having problems with a > pest that looks like a lady bug but is brown. The pest > is feeding on green beans "before they can even grow". > > It would be hard to identify a critter that looks like > a brown lady bug with any kind of certainty. If the > critter was here in California, I might guess the > Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle but I don't think they > go after beans. Regardless, when the problem is one of
Look into the mexican bean beetle for starters... Yellowish brown with 16
black spots on the wing covers. Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Eastern
US... Lady bugs are noted as similar.
Prevention and control? Handpick, Rotenone or Pyrethrum.
Predators... Assassin bugs, wasp (pediobilus foveolatus)
The book I have is 12 years out of date... so the range may have
increased.
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phorbin
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Potential unused often withers.