Boo I've managed to kill a great many of them in years past by mixing liquid Sevin per directions, putting a small amount of it into a plastic or styrofoam cup, and adding a cucumber beetle attractant, like tayuya powder (you have to order it over the internet) OR a few drops of clove oil, which attracts females only. I haven't used the clove oil yet (just ordered it this spring) but many people say it works great. The tayuya powder to make a thin gruel of the solution does, too. Both of them attract only cucumber beetles. Then set or hang your traps in the garden near your threatened plants. The drawback is the open cups. They certainly allow the attractant fragrance to reach the beetles, but they must be kept replenished. The sun evaporates the liquid and the rain dilutes it! I've wracked my brain to create a container that slows evaporation and doesn't let the rain in while at the same time allowing the attractant plenty of room to escape from the container. A small umbrella might do it, but I certainly haven't tried that! Here is a link that might be useful: Cucumber beetle bait traps -- pics

When I water ANYthing, I water until it comes out the drainage holes, then dump the excess after 15-20 minutes. This way it has a chance to take up what it wants, but it doesn't continue to sit in the excess. Sometimes flowers abort before they open. This isn't an uncommon problem with Hoyas. I can't really tell you for sure why they do this, but it seems like a plant that has just started blooming is more likely to do it than a plant that has bloomed before. But I've had it happen on old bloomers, too. I've always wondered if it wasn't hormone levels. I've read that plants go through hormonal changes that cause them to flower and if they rev up to flower and the proper "flowering hormone" isn't strong enough, it's likely the flower process will be stunted. Makes sense to me, but it's just an educated guess, really... Denise in Omaha

I've gotten fairly good at spotting them although it's very difficult when they're small. I found another one today (just a little bigger than the first) on another plant several feet away from the first. I'll start picking them off soon whenever I find them.

I don't use Bt, or anything other than my fingers. I pick them off and rear them indoors before the wasps can get them. Since I only have 15 pruned, staked plants, they haven't been a problem for me. Last year I found the first one on August 6, and it was less than 1/2 inch long.