Diseases & insects of the home garden . ffective remedy to use against this insect. Bordeaux mixturewith lead arsenate added (see page 28) dri^es away the beetles and j^re-vents injury to the leaves so treated. THE TWELVE-SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE. — The twelve-spottedcucumber beetle (fig. 23) is a little larger than the striped cucumberbeetle. It often eats the cucumber leaves, causing much injury. Thelarva lives mainly on grasses and corn. Treatment.—Spraying withlead arsenate (see page 23) andtreating in the same manneras the striped cucumber beetleare the best remedies for thisinsect in smal
Diseases & insects of the home garden . ffective remedy to use against this insect. Bordeaux mixturewith lead arsenate added (see page 28) dri^es away the beetles and j^re-vents injury to the leaves so treated. THE TWELVE-SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE. — The twelve-spottedcucumber beetle (fig. 23) is a little larger than the striped cucumberbeetle. It often eats the cucumber leaves, causing much injury. Thelarva lives mainly on grasses and corn. Treatment.—Spraying withlead arsenate (see page 23) andtreating in the same manneras the striped cucumber beetleare the best remedies for thisinsect in small gardens. THE MELON APHIS.— Themelon aphis (fig. 24), com-monly called the melon louse,is very small, and greenish, ornearly jet black. It injurescucumbers and many otherplants by sucking their occurs from early springand summer to late autumn di • , X Fig. 24.—The melon aphis or louse, s _ early winter. In seasons ^,_ ^.^^^^ ^^^,^^^.,, ^^^^om young; which favor its increase, par- d, wingless female. Much howing c, nym : a and ph stage; DISEASES AND INSECTS OF THE HOME GARDEN 17 ticularly in summers following springs that are cool and rainy, it oftenappears in great numbers and does much damage, gathering in masseson the under side of the leaves of plants, and causing them to curl,shrivel, and lose color, and stopping the growth of the fruit. It oftenkills the plants outright. An attacked melonplant is shown in figure 25. The melon aphis,like others of its kind, gives ofi^ honeydew, ahoney-like juice. When the aphids become verythick, the honeydew covers the leaves with athin sticky coating on which the white skm^ otthe plant-lice stick, and this attra( t^ attention tothe injury, as do also the wilt-ing and dying of the plants. Treatment.—The best rem-edy is spraying nicotine sul-phate (see page 29). THE COMMON SQUASHBUG. — Squashes, gourds,and ]uimpkins suffer from thesame pests as cucumbers. Ifthe plants escape the stripedcucumber beetle an
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