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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.

Meaning of Squash beetle from wikipedia

- 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...
- cold winter months because all North American hosts (Mexican bean beetle and Squash beetle, Epilachna borealis) overwinter as adults, not larvae. Therefore...
- (Aphididae), cu****ber beetles (Acalymma vittatum and Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi), squash bug (Anasa tristis), the squash vine borer (Melittia cucurbitae)...
- Seume 2001a, p. 7. McAleer, Brendan (4 April 2018), "Volkswagen New Beetle squashed but not forgotten", Hagerty, archived from the original on 3 December...
- Today. 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2016-07-18. "Beetle Is Named in Honor of Xi Jinping, but China Aims to Squash the News". The New York Times. 13 July 2016...
- cu****ber beetle In the adult form, it eats leaves of many crops, including squash, cu****bers, soybeans, cotton, beans, and corn. Adult beetles lay eggs...
- 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...
- "Herbie goes to Spain with VW Beetle 53 Edition". Autoblog. "2019 Volkswagen Beetle Final Edition: The Bug Finally Gets Squashed". The Drive. 13 September...
- States, Mexico. Shimer, H. (1871). "Additional notes on the striped squash beetle". American Naturalist. 5 (4): 217–220. doi:10.1086/270745. Coquillett...
- Epilachna tredecimnotata, the southern squash lady beetle, is a species of plant-eating lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in the Caribbean...