Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Scientific name: Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Facts: Spotted cucumber beetle larvae are also known as the southern corn rootworm. Adults are yellowish or yellowish-green with 12 black spots on the back and about 1/4 inch long. Adults are active and commonly found. A wide variety of plants are attacked by the larvae.
Click here for a larval form image.
Photo credit (larval and adult): Bastiaan (Bart) Drees, Extension Entomology,
Texas A&M University
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