VivaTrap! VT-103 Cucumber Beetle Trap & Lure
Cucumber Beetles are a formidable pest wherever cucumber, watermelon, pumpkin, cantaloupe, squash and other cucurbits are grown. Beetles can kill or severely stunt seedlings, and damage stems and fruits on mature plants. Larvae will feed on roots when possible. Cucumber beetles are well known for transmitting bacterial wilt, gummy stem blight, and some viruses.
Lure will attract various types of cucumber beetles:
- Striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum)
- Western striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma trivittatum)
- Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi)
- Western spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)
VivaTrap! Cucumber Beetle Traps utilize a strong wet-glue adhesive to retain beetles that are attracted to the multi-pheromone lure.
Instructions: Place lure on or very near to yellow sticky trap. Use one trap with lure per 2,000 square feet of planted area, or one trap with lure per 400 square feet if beetle infestation is heavy. Replace when filled with beetles or dirty.
Timing: Deploy traps in early April through August for best results, place in garden when seedlings start to emerge or beetles appear and begin feeding on flowers and foliage. Lure lasts for 3-4 weeks depending on temperature.
