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While many varieties of ladybug beetles are popular with gardeners because of their beneficial effects, some are downright nasty. One example is the Mexican Bean Beetle, the classic ladybug-gone-bad, which can wipe out a bean crop in next to no time.
One way to keep them away from your beans is to plant small crop of soybeans, which they seem to prefer, away from your main bean crop. When their little yellow larvae show up, pull up the soybeans and remove them from you garden, along with their hungry hangers-on. If you can, destroy the larvae by immersing the soybean plants in water.
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