Firstly, I want the world to know that I have just canned up my very first
strawberry jam ... 21 half-pints and counting (from about 100 sq ft of
garden space.). There are more berries still on the vine than I have
harvested including a couple monsters that I am thinking of having drilled
out for bowling balls. :-)

Secondly, what is orange with 5 black dots and likes beans? Looks quite a
bit like a cucumber beetle except it is orange instead of yellow and has
fewer spots than this one. http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r52300111.html

I could use some help with identification.

Umm ... never mind. Found it. I googled for "bean pests" and stumbled across
the "Bean Leaf Beetle" at:

http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/...eetle_red.html

Bill C

Noydb said:

Secondly, what is orange with 5 black dots and likes beans? Looks quite a
bit like a cucumber beetle except it is orange instead of yellow and has
fewer spots than this one. http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r52300111.html

I could use some help with identification.

Umm ... never mind. Found it. I googled for "bean pests" and stumbled across
the "Bean Leaf Beetle" at:

http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/...eetle_red.html

I found my first one ever last week. Picked it off. They are not usually a huge
pest (according to the Organic Method Primer). Handpicking should do fine.
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Pat in Plymouth MI

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