Cov viv ncaus kab kab kab kab kab (Acalymma vittatum) thiab western striped dib kab (Acalymma trivittatum) yog cov kab tsuag tseem ceeb ntawm cov qoob loo hauv tsev neeg Cucurbitaceae, uas suav nrog squashes, gourds, dib, thiab melons. Cov kab no feem ntau nyob hauv Asmeskas, Canada thiab Mexico. Kev puas tsuaj tuaj yeem tua cov noob, tiv thaiv cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo, kis kab mob, thiab ua rau cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo tsis tuaj yeem.
Cov kab laus laus muaj npe nrov tshaj plaws ntawm kev nrhiav sai sai thiab sib sau ua ke ntawm lawv cov qoob loo nyiam los pub. Cov poj niam ces nteg qe ntawm lub hauv paus ntawm cucurbit nroj tsuag hauv qab ntawm cov av nto. Tom qab hatching, larvae pub rau cov hauv paus hniav, pupate nyob rau hauv av, thiab tshwm sim raws li ib tug tiam tom ntej ntawm cov neeg laus.
Cov neeg cog qoob loo feem ntau siv cov tshuaj tua kab hluavtaws (organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, thiab neonicotinoids) los tswj cov kab dib. Txawm li cas los xij, cov tshuaj no tuaj yeem poob kev ua tau zoo thaum lub sijhawm cov kab mob txhim kho kev tiv thaiv. Tsis tas li ntawd, lawv tuaj yeem muaj kev puas tsuaj rau cov kab uas tsis yog lub hom phiaj, suav nrog squash bees, bumblebees, thiab tswj hwm zib muv uas pollinate cucurbit qoob loo. Organic tswj kev xaiv (kaolin av nplaum, pyrethrins, thiab spinosyns) qhia tsis sib xws thiab feem ntau txwv tsis pub siv. Sustainable tswj ntawm dib beetles ntawm cov qoob loo cucurbit yog li yuav tsum koom nrog lwm yam kev tswj hwm.
Qhov kev tshawb fawb no tshuaj xyuas txog biology, theem ntawm lub neej, kev puas tsuaj, thiab cov tswv yim tam sim no thiab muaj peev xwm los tswj cov kab tsuag tseem ceeb no.
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Citations: Ariela I Haber, Anna K Wallingford, Ian M Grettenberger, Jasmin P Ramirez Bonilla, Amber C Vinchesi-Vahl, Donald C Weber, Striped dib Beetle thiab Western Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Phau ntawv Journal of Integrated Pest Management, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2021, 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmaa026.