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Old 20-05-2003, 03:08 PM
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"Tom C" wrote in message ...
Does anyone have any natural methods of controlling if not killing
squash bugs and cucumber beetles that seem to attack my plants every
year. Best wishes Tom C.

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Go out in the morning with a propane torch like you would use to
solder plumbing connections. Quickly pass the flame over the beetles.
This singes their antennae which are their chief sensory organs. Once
singed they no longer eat or reproduce.

Don't burn the place down, it only takes the kind of pass that would
sing the hair on your arm.