When eggs are deposited on tomato plants, the young worms will burrow into the tomatoes. Inspect tomatoes regularly and apply an insecticide when young worms first appear. Cowpea Curculio Description. This insect is a small black beetle. The immatures are white legless grubs.
Adults feed on young pods, and females deposit eggs in small holes eaten through the pods.
The young grubs feed within the developing pods. Cucumber Beetle Description. The SCB is yellow and black striped, while the TSCB is yellow-green with 12 black spots on its back. Adults feed on leaves, stems, and fruit. The larvae bore into roots and stems below ground.