Sometimes things happen in the garden when you least expect it. Last week, we had a major outbreak of spotted cucumber beetles. They were not in the vegetable garden where you would expect.

Zinnias can also function as cucumber beetle bait, which is a welcomed surprise. The aptly named beetles love their cucumbers, but they're known to feast on flowers like roses and zinnias ...

Adults feed on leaves, flowers, and fruits of cucumber, squash, and other cucurbits (spotted cucumber beetles also feed on other plant species). Both striped and spotted cucumber beetles can transmit ...

Diabroticina (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Luperini) beetles were sampled under field conditions on two host plants of the family Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbita okeechobeensis ssp. martinezii L. Bailey ...

So, it is fitting that the scientific name for beetle is 'Coleoptera' - coleo from the Greek for sheath, and ptera meaning wing. The rose chafer beetle flies noisily from flower to flower ... Scarlet ...

Wherever there are herbivorous mammals leaving droppings, there are beetles making the most of it. But scientific discoveries show there's more to the insects than what they eat. All dung beetles ...

Snail-eating slender beetle (Carabus blaptoides fortunei, left) and stout beetle (Carabus blaptoides capito, right). Slender beetles can eat snails by inserting their heads into the shells but ...

a smaller band of beetles can overwhelm them. Three-quarters of the mature whitebark pines in Yellowstone National Park are now dead—a blow to grizzly bears, which eat the seeds in autumn, ...

The cucumber diet, a short-term weight loss plan, claims to help shed up to 15 pounds in 7 days. Despite its promise, the diet is highly restrictive, low in essential nutrients, and potentially ...

Expert advice through the seasons so you know what to do and when. £49 a year or £4.99 a month, cancel anytime. The adult beetles eat small circular holes in the leaves and stems of seedlings. The ...

Since they are mostly water, which helps keep the body hydrated for extended periods. Eating a cucumber after a long hot day at work can hydrate you better than any energy drink out in the market.