Summary ⁴

The spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) is a major agricultural pest insect of North America (see also cucumber beetle). In the adult form, it eats and damages leaves of many crops, including cucumbers, soybeans, cotton, beans, and many others. In the larval form, which is known as the southern corn rootworm, it tunnels through the roots of young plants, stunting or killing them. These native pests have a wide range of host plants, but will readily...

National distribution ⁵

Canada

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

United States

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Austin Turner, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/29583913@N08/3618730668
2. (c) Henry Lydecker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/hlydecker/8262530337/
3. (c) Patrick Alexander, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/aspidoscelis/20618788749/
4. Adapted by kmarie333 from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabrotica_undecimpunctata
5. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28799276

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