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A Case of Mistaken Identity
"Ah, look at that cute little yellow ladybug! Isn't it pretty?" How many times have you heard that? Often it is not the beneficial lady beetle--commonly referred to as a ladybug--but that dratted pest, the spotted cucumber beetle. In a case last week, it was the dratted spotted cucumber beetle,...
A spotted cucumber beetle foraging on Iceland poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)