For more information, contact your county agent. The spotted and striped cucumber beetle can cause serious feeding damage and transmit bacterial wilt. Bacterial wilt often causes rapid wilting of leaves on a single vine, but the entire plant may wilt and die. Cucumber beetles should be controlled until the plants begin to flower. Look for beetles as soon as they emerge from the soil.
Aphids are usually a problem early in the season.
They cause the leaves to curl under. Spider mites are generally a problem only in hot, dry seasons. To control both of these pests, the pesticides must be sprayed up under the leaves where the insects are found. The flesh is orange in color. They are green when immature, but turn yellow when ripe.