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Elmira, N,Y,

help !!!!!!!!! please check my diarie, big jess. can any

one tell me what is it i have 1,000's of them every where?

what do i use to kill them? will they hurt my pumpkin i

found onr on it for now. but ever thing else in the yard

is covered!!!!!!!

7/9/2009 1:57:35 PM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

Maybe I did something wrong, but I didn't see it in your diary.

7/9/2009 2:47:48 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Garlic spray......will send them away........Hope it helps...

7/9/2009 3:47:22 PM

Elmira, N,Y,

I tried Garlic spray it did not bug them at all.

7/9/2009 4:22:30 PM

Easton, PA

Big Jess, you have a Japanese Beetle invasion.I am not a pumpkin expert just yet but I would think that they would enjoy fresh young pumpkin leaves. Spray away!!

7/9/2009 4:25:48 PM

Western PA

I am no bug specialist, but they look similar to a Japanese beetle. Last year my yard got bombed by them and they covered everything but my pumpkins plants. This year They came but not in full force.

I use Ortho Max on my plants and it seems to worked pretty good for just about any insect that tries to chew on them. I get a really resilient one here or there that will chew up part of a leaf, but for the most part the ortho works well for protecting the plants.

You can get Ortho max just about anywhere (Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart) in PA, not sure about NY....

7/9/2009 4:30:10 PM

Western PA

I spray the tops and bottoms of leafs along with leaf stems and exposed vine every 7 to 10 days.

You have to spray late in the evening or you will burn your leafs up.

you can buy a premixed bottle, just hook the hose up and spray for $10 or $11.

7/9/2009 4:33:31 PM

Bloomington, IN

Any insecticide with Permethrin as the main ingredient will wipe them out. Other plants in and around my garden that I don't spray with it will have Japanese beetles on them sometimes, while the pumpkins, which I do spray with Permethrin, haven't had a single Jap beetle on them the entire season. This is what I use:

http://www.bestnest.com/bestnest/RTProduct.asp?SKU=BOP-443

Also next spring you might want to consider treating the soil around the whole area with Milky Spore, a bacterial disease that kills Jap beetles in there larval stage. The stuff is a little pricey, but given that it can remain effective for 10-20 years I think it is well worth the investment.

7/9/2009 6:50:35 PM

Roselle, IL [email protected]

Sevin will drop then dead at half the recommenced dose. Spray it late in the evening

7/9/2009 7:13:57 PM

Burt NY

any hardware store should have traps for them. I feed them to my bluegill & bass

7/9/2009 7:49:17 PM

Williamsburg,KY

I took a look and what I see is a striped cucumber beetle. I did not see a Japanese beetle..did I miss something. Get rid of them as soon as possible, they spread bacterial wilt and do no good to yur pumpkins.

7/9/2009 8:49:17 PM

Annapolis Valley Nova Scotia

Yep I agree with Croley, cuc beetle, Sevin will get rid of them.

7/9/2009 9:19:45 PM

Minnesota

I used sevin tonight, I have never seen so many cucumber beetles in my life.

7/9/2009 9:38:46 PM

Easton, PA

Looks like BigJess posted two pictures today on his diary, the first being a Japanese Beetle, the second, a Cuc Beetle.

7/9/2009 9:44:19 PM

Bloomington, IN

ya, just gave his diary another look and the last four entries weren't there when I first saw it, just that first 7/9 entry with the japanese beetle. Bad timing I guess, lol. But ya that other bug is a cuke beetle. I'm sure anything that takes care of one of them will take care of the other too.

7/9/2009 9:52:51 PM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

Jess,
The bug in you diary pic is a striped cucumber beetle, Croley is 100% correct, its time to spray and fast.
Do you have talstar? Merit? if not get ortho max or sevin.

7/9/2009 11:25:16 PM

Napa Valley, CA

Jess.... one thing that you can do for future prevention is to remove all the male flowers from your plant every day. The male flowers draw the cuke beetles big time.
I have found that by removing all the males, I have been able to reduce the cuke beetles by about 90%.

7/10/2009 12:22:18 AM

Elmira, N,Y,

Thanks everyone I sprayed sevin last night after a late

night trip to lowes.

7/10/2009 8:03:03 AM

Williamsburg,KY

Great Big Jess, sevin will do the job. Its is a good idea to remove the males if youre not pollinateing.

7/10/2009 8:23:58 AM

Waquoit Mass

garlic spray. are they italian ?

7/10/2009 8:42:02 AM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

"are they italian " That doesnt make them bad.....LMAO!

7/10/2009 8:49:53 AM

ordinary,VA

lol

7/10/2009 3:43:49 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

If they are Italian, it makes em good!!! as long as they got the grill goin!!!! Grill em BIG!!! Peace, Wayne

7/14/2009 2:27:52 AM