From Life Cycle of Bacterial Wilt Caused by Erwinia tracheiphila Factsheet

Bacteria overwinter in the stripped and spotted cucumber beetles. Beetles usually appear when plants emerge in spring.

Photos courtesy of M.P. Hoffman, Cornell University

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Link to Factsheet of the Life Cycle of Bacterial Wilt Caused by Erwinia tracheiphila

Link to the Bacterial Wilt of Cucurbits "Signature Symptoms" Factsheet

Refer also to Cucumber Beetles, Corn Rootworms, and Bacterial Wilt in Cucurbit factsheet