Pest Management

We found the nasty culprits!! And nasty they are . . . these cucumber beetles or squash beetles like to eat the leaves of squash, cucumber, and melon plants and lay their eggs at the base while the larvae eat the fruit! We have managed to fight many of them using organic methods such as soap/oil sprays, neem and trapping, though you can see the damage one small squash suffered in this picture. Just in time for teaching pest management. :)