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Definition of Squash beetle

Squash beetle
Squash Squash, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw, green, immaturate, applied to fruit and vegetables which were used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine apple.] (Bot.) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China squash, C. moschata, and the great winter squash, C. maxima, but the distinctions are not clear. Squash beetle (Zo["o]l.), a small American beetle (Diabrotica, or Galeruca vittata) which is often abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash, cucumber, etc. It is striped with yellow and black. The name is applied also to other allied species. Squash bug (Zo["o]l.), a large black American hemipterous insect (Coreus, or Anasa, tristis) injurious to squash vines.

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- Its common name is squash beetle. It is often mistaken for a ladybug or a cu****ber beetle because of its similar appearance. The beetle lays a cluster of...
- Seume 2001a, p. 7. McAleer, Brendan (4 April 2018), "Volkswagen New Beetle squashed but not forgotten", Hagerty, archived from the original on 3 December...
- cold winter months because all North American hosts (Mexican bean beetle and Squash beetle, Epilachna borealis) overwinter as adults, not larvae. Therefore...
- control ****anese beetle po****tions in the same manner. On field crops such as squash, floating row covers can be used to exclude the beetles, but this may...
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- "Herbie goes to Spain with VW Beetle 53 Edition". Autoblog. "2019 Volkswagen Beetle Final Edition: The Bug Finally Gets Squashed". The Drive. 13 September...
- (Aphididae), cu****ber beetles (Acalymma vittatum and Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi), squash bug (Anasa tristis), the squash vine borer (Melittia cucurbitae)...
- patenting and selling "Bott's Digestive Sauce" (allegedly made from squashed beetles). While Mr. Bott is fairly easy-going, his wife is a social climber...
- Squash mosaic virus (SqMV) is a mosaic virus disease common in squash plants and other plants, including melons, of the family Cucurbitaceae. It occurs...
- cu****ber beetle, is a beetle of the family Chrysomelidae and a serious pest of cucurbit crops in both larval and adult stages. The striped cu****ber beetle has...